Govt Selling 400 Acre Land At Throwaway Price: KTR

Hyderabad: BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Wednesday criticized Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for changing his stance of preserving 400 acres prime land bank near IT hub. The chief minister had previously announced in the Assembly that the specific land bank would not be sold.

KTR alleged that the Congress government is auctioning valuable land at a throwaway price to raise Rs 30,000 crore. He pointed out that the land in Gachibowli village, falling under Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy district, is mortgaged to banks, and selling it is a sign of bankrupt policies implemented by the government. Highlighting the purpose of loans taken during the BRS regime, KTR said that those loans were taken to implement various welfare schemes and irrigation projects that supported farmers and the poor. He listed achievements such as Rs 73,000 crore under Rythu Bandhu for 70 lakh farmers, Rs 28,000 crore in loan waivers, Rs 6,000 crore for Rythu Bima, and Rs 5 lakh compensation for 1.11 lakh families.

Additionally, 24-hour free electricity for agriculture, irrigation projects like Kaleshwaram, Palamuru-Rangareddy, and Sitarama Sagar, the restoration of 45,000 lakes, 45 lakh Asara pensions, KCR kits, Kalyana Lakshmi, over 1,000 gurukul schools, and 30 medical colleges were established, he noted.

Alleging that in 15 months the Congress government has borrowed over Rs 1.65 lakh crore, KTR challenged the government to submit proof of utilising this money for the welfare of the people. He accused the CM of scrapping schemes like loan waivers, Rythu Bandhu, and Rythu Bima, imposing power cuts, neglecting gurukuls, stalling Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy projects, and pushing agriculture into a crisis. He also held the government accountable for the collapse of the Srisailam tunnel, which claimed eight lives.