Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday ordered a complete inquiry into the land held by Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and former chief minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao at his farmhouse at Erravelli in Siddipet district.
Talking within the Telangana legislative meeting throughout a dialogue on the inclusion of 1000’s of acres of personal lands within the prohibited checklist underneath the controversial Part 22-A of the Registration Act, the CM requested officers of income division to look at whether or not the whole 700-acre property related to KCR’s farmhouse was legally held by him.
“We’ve got requested the officers to finish the probe inside 30 days. As per the knowledge, as a lot as 388 acres of presidency land was a part of KCR’s farmhouse. Whether it is proved that the federal government land has been occupied or held illegally, we will take steps to confiscate the identical and distribute it among the many poor,” Revanth Reddy stated.
He claimed that in Siddipet district, the KCR household had 67.5 acres, whereas the household of BRS working president Okay T Rama Rao had 123 acres, former minister T Harish Rao’s household had 30 acres, and the household of Kalvakuntla Kavitha had 37 acres.
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He additional alleged that the household of former Rajya Sabha member Joginipally Santosh Rao had 79 acres, Naveen Rao 52 acres and Kondal Rao 48 acres. “Collectively, KCR and his relations owned 439 acres unfold throughout 31 villages in 24 mandals overlaying 9 districts,” CM Reddy stated.
He additionally disclosed the alleged encroachment of presidency by different BRS leaders for his or her farmhouses. He questioned how 11.5 acres of Inam (reward) land got here to be a part of a 50-acre farmhouse allegedly related to former minister G Jagadish Reddy. He additionally alleged that former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy had constructed farmhouses on assigned land in Aziznagar.
Revanth Reddy stated agricultural landholding limits prescribed for various classes of land had additionally been violated in some instances. Referring particularly to KCR’s holdings, he questioned how the whole extent might be labeled as moist agricultural land.
Stating that 1000’s of crores of rupees had been misappropriated by exploiting the Dharani land data system through the earlier BRS regime, the CM alleged that land-related irregularities throughout Telangana amounted to a rip-off involving practically ₹1 lakh crore.
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“We’re constituting a Particular Enquiry Crew to research the alleged land rip-off and the inquiry can be accomplished inside a month,” he stated.
He stated the federal government would place all the small print earlier than the meeting when BRS members had been current and urged the Speaker to make sure the participation of opposition members within the proceedings.
On the contentious challenge of lands listed underneath Part 22-A, the CM introduced {that a} high-powered committee of senior officers can be constituted to look at the issues. He stated complete tips can be ready inside per week to deal with pending points referring to the personal properties included within the prohibited checklist.
Revanth Reddy additionally introduced measures regarding a number of classes of disputed properties.
“The federal government is getting ready to introduce a brand new coverage for the regularisation of surplus lands coated by the City Land Ceiling (ULC) Act. The proposed scheme will cowl each outdated pending purposes and new purposes. The federal government plans to course of registration and regularisation concurrently moderately than treating them as separate procedures,” he stated.
On assigned lands, the CM stated the federal government would undertake detailed authorized vetting and consultations since such lands fall underneath the Telangana Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. He stated the difficulty required in depth session because it concerned properties belonging to a number of the poorest sections of society.
Responding to allegations by opposition leaders that the federal government was harassing folks within the identify of 22-A prohibited lands, Revanth Reddy rejected the cost. He accused the opposition of intentionally making allegations in opposition to his authorities and stated the meeting dialogue had been initiated exactly to ascertain the information surrounding the 22-A challenge.
The CM additional alleged that the Dharani system had facilitated the switch of property price a whole bunch of crores of rupees into the palms of some people and had sophisticated the issue of prohibited lands.
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The BRS has not reacted but on the CM’s allegations on KCR’s farmhouse and different alleged land dealings through the earlier regime.
Nevertheless, KCR’s daughter and Telangana Raksha Sena president Okay Kavitha demanded a complete inquiry by CBI into the landholdings of all of the people whose names had been talked about by the CM within the meeting.
Kavitha disputed the allegation made by Revanth Reddy regarding land held by her household in Siddipet district. She challenged the federal government to ascertain the information via an unbiased investigation.
“Whether it is discovered that I personal even a single sq. yard past what’s permissible underneath authorities guidelines or past the land declared in my election affidavit, I shall give up it to the federal government,” Kavitha stated.