New Delhi sources have stated that Congress on Monday attacked NDA's Vice Presidential candidate M Venkaiah Naidu over issues of transparency and probity, alleging that the Telangana government had placed a direct order for purchase of vehicles with a company belonging to his son and had granted exemption from Rs 2-crore charges to a trust in which his daughter was a managing trustee.
Sources have stated that Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posed four questions to Naidu and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying it is mandatory for them to answer the queries as they have spoken of transparency, accountability, and honesty.
Further he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often stated that there was zero tolerance for corruption and wrongdoing. Ramesh said the Telangana government had issued an order in June this year which "exempted the Swarna Bharat Trust of Naidu's daughter from paying various charges amounting to more than Rs 2 crore to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority".
