Senior TDP Leader Atchannaidu Named In ESI Multi-Crore Scam

The Vigilance and Enforcement Department of Andhra Pradesh has unearthed a Rs 404.86 crores scam in the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). The scam is the financial irregularities carried out by the directors of the Insurance Medical Services (IMS), in the procurement of medical supplies for ESI (Employees State Insurance) hospitals in the state.

Name of senior TDP leader and former minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu along with directors of IMS Dr. B Ravi Kumar, Dr. CK Ramesh Kumar, and Dr. G Vijaya Kumar have erupted in the scam. They have been found to have procured medical supplies worth Rs 975.79 crores in the past five years.

According to the department, the purchases were made with no open tenders being held and not even informing any drug procurement committee resulting in a huge loss to the government.

However, Atchannaidu is trying hard to oppose the allegations put onto him for being involved in the Rs 2,000 crores tax racket by saying that he had followed the procedure like that of Telangana.

Passing the allegations, K Atchennaidu has accused the ruling YSR Congress Party of indulging in ‘mud-slinging’ against him in connection with the alleged irregularities in ESI procurements.