Formula E Race Case: High Court has not confirmed allegations: Harish Rao

Harish Rao dismissed allegations of quid pro quo, stating that Greenko Group bore the expenses of hosting the international event, which enhanced Hyderabad's global reputation.

Hyderabad:  Senior BRS MLA and former minister T Harish Rao has asserted that the High Court had neither confirmed allegations nor gave any punishment, but had only allowed further investigation in the Formula E race case.

“KT Rama Rao has already assured full cooperation with the authorities, asserting there is no corruption as alleged by the ACB. He had already visited the ACB office, but was not allowed inside, refusing to allow his advocates to accompany him. Neither Rama Rao nor BRS derived benefit from the Formula-E event and no payments were made to the Greenko Group,” he pointed out.

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He criticised the Congress government, charging Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of using the Formula-E race case to settle political scores. Responding to a question, Harish Rao dismissed allegations of quid pro quo, stating that Greenko Group bore the expenses of hosting the international event, which enhanced Hyderabad’s global reputation. However, he reminded that Greenko opted out due to heavy loss in hosting the event.

Other senior BRS leaders, including G Jagadish Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod, V Srinivas Goud, Gangula Kamalakar and others, also lashed out the Congress government for using fabricated cases against Rama Rao to divert public attention from its unfulfilled electoral promises, particularly the Rythu Bharosa scheme. Terming the ACB case as political vendetta, they vowed to continue the legal battle against false charges against Rama Rao and others while simultaneously exposing the Congress government’s failures.