‘CM’s aide told us not to bid’: Rajagopal Reddy’s bombshell claims. Rajagopal Reddy alleges CM’s aide discouraged his firm from bidding Body: Amid allegations of wrongdoing in the awarding of contracts for the ₹3,300-crore radial ring road project near Hyderabad, senior Telangana Congress legislator K Rajagopal Reddy claimed that an aide of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had suggested his company should not bid for the project.