Hyderabad, Aug. 10 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday, August 10, wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alleging serious irregularities in the Rs 202 crore centrally-funded PM Ekta (Unity) Mall project in Hyderabad, demanding that the tender be cancelled and an independent probe ordered.

In the letter, KTR said the way the Telangana government had structured the project at Raidurg raised concerns of financial impropriety, misuse of public resources and disproportionate benefit to a private party.

He said the Rs 2,059.81 crore project, spread over 6.30 acre with about 27 lakh sq ft of built-up area, allotted the government a minimum share of roughly 9 lakh sq ft while entitling the ...