Hyderabad, June 14 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday, June 14, declared that "exploiters and opportunists" would not be allowed to cast their eyes on Singareni Collieries, hitting out at the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) for what he called a campaign of misinformation against the state-owned coal miner.

Vikramarka, who also holds the finance portfolio, was addressing a gathering at the Srirampur Open Cast Coal Mine in Mancherial district, where he conducted an open-house inspection alongside IT Minister Sridhar Babu.

Hitting back at BRS

The Deputy CM said the inspection had been organised specifically to counter what he described as baseless allegations being spread by BRS leaders for political gain, i...