Telangana declined Rs 100 crore from Adani Foundation for skills university: CM Revanth Reddy
On October 18, the state’s Congress government announced that industrialist Gautam Adani had donated the funds to the educational institute.
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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday said that the state government will not accept a donation of Rs 100 crore pledged by the Adani Foundation to the state-run Young India Skills University, PTI reported.
“To protect Telangana’s honour and dignity and to avoid any unwanted controversies involving me and my Cabinet colleagues, we have decided to reject Adani’s donation,” Reddy said on Monday, according to The Indian Express. “We have not taken even a single rupee from anyone.”
The announcement comes just days after a United States court on November 20 announced the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani in a $265 million bribery and fraud scheme related to the Adani Group’s solar projects in India.
The Adani Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the Adani Group. Priti Adani, Gautam Adani’s wife, is the chairperson of the foundation.
Young India Skills University is a public-private partnership university in Telangana that aims to provide skill education and employment opportunities to the youth.
On October 18, Reddy announced that Gautam Adani had donated Rs 100 crore to the university on behalf of the foundation.
Following Gautam Adani’s indictment in the US, the Congress government in Telangana came under criticism from both the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the Bharatiya Janata Party for its “double talk” on its stance toward...
