Chief Minister says his surrendered land is only 310 acres
Hyderabad, December 14, 2006Several political leaders, industry big wigs and real-estate people are now being accused of illegally possessing land as the controversy triggered by the surrender of lands by the Chief Minister, Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy. The Minister for Revenue Dharmana Prasada Rao speaking to media said that the State Government is gearing up to serve prosecution notices on persons refusing to voluntarily surrender their illegal landholdings, particularly assigned lands. He said that the Government will treat such surrender as an act of good faith and not apply personal provisions. According to authorities estimate that the land has gone into illegal possession around the State Capital would be around Rs. 20,000 crores.
He said a committee of three senior IAS officers was constituted by the Government on November 23, 2006 to inquire into the landholdings of Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu. T. Jeevan Reddy listed out the names of Chandra Babu Naidu, former BJP president M. Venkaiah Naidu, TRS floor leader G. Vijaya Rama Rao and TDP MP C Rama Chandraiah as among those in illegal possession of land.
The House witnessed uproarious scenes throughout the day. Nearly 43 opposition members were suspended when they obstructed question hour demanding a debate on Thursday and not on Friday. The TDP MLA Ch. Rajeswararao spearheaded the Opposition attack demanding that Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy should step down on grounds of propriety. The Chief Minister declared that the extent of land he had surrendered was only 310.57 acres and not 618 acres as reported in the media. He clarified that he and his relatives possessed a total of 614 acres of land of which 310 acres was assigned land and now they are left with only 120 acres after deducting the waste and fallow land.
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