Hyderabad, July 31 -- Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay on Thursday demanded a comprehensive and impartial inquiry into the allegations of diversion of 15th Finance Commission grants released to gram panchayats in Telangana by the Congress government.

In a statement, Sanjay said he has written a letter to Union panchayat raj minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) and Telangana panchayat raj minister Dhanasari Seethakka seeking an inquiry in the wake of complaints from sarpanches from across Telangana that Finance Commission grants were being misused in violation of the guidelines. He said he had earlier written a similar letter to the Centre on the matter.

In his earlier letter to Rajiv Ranjan, Sanjay stated that ...