Andhra Pradesh Government on Wednesday terminated the services of three government officials working in the finance department for leaking key financial information of the State Government. These three officials had leaked information to the media organisations, which wrote negative articles about the State Government’s precarious financial position.
The three officers are assistant secretary Nagulapati Venkateswarulu, section officers Kasireddy Varaprasad and D Sreenu Babu. The government has also initiated disciplinary proceedings against these officials on charges of divulging confidential information.
Of late, a section of media that is decidedly pro-TDP has been publishing stories about the state’s financial position. The sensitive information about borrowings and pledging of government assets found their way to these media houses. Opposition TDP has used this information to attack the YSRCP government. It is now being believed that there could be many moles in the AP Government who are helping the TDP on the sly. Several government employees are also believed to be still taking orders from Chandrababu Naidu and his cohorts. The ruling YSRCP is now trying to identify the other molls too.
Sources say there are umpteen incidents of key GOs, notifications finding their way to the table of Chandrababu Naidu even before they land on Ys Jagan Mohan Reddy’s desk. In fact, during the recent Krishna river water dispute with Telangana, the responses of the AP Government and their replies to the Krishna River Management Board were leaked to the Telangana government in advance. This helped Telangana to pre-empt AP’s plans.