Congress, BJP colluding against Telangana, says KTR
BRS working president KT Rama Rao said the Kancha Gachibowli land row was one of the biggest land scams in the country, with the corruption scandal going beyond Rs.10,000 crore.
Karimnagar: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Saturday said both the Delhi parties – Congress and BJP – were colluding and doing injustice to the State. This was evident from the fact that though the BRS was exposing all illegal activities of the Congress government here, the BJP-led Centre was not ordering any enquiries. Both the parties were hand in glove right from the Medigadda barrage controversy to the Kancha Gachibowli land issue.
Addressing a press conference after inaugurating the district party office building at Chintakunta here, Rama Rao said the Kancha Gachibowli land row was one of the biggest land scams in the country, with the corruption scandal going beyond Rs.10,000 crore.
The Congress government was engaging in dubious land transactions, including mortgaging 400 acres of forest land belonging to the University of Hyderabad and diverting public resources to benefit private brokers and corporations.
“The PCC president himself admitted that money was raised by pledging UoH lands, which confirms what we had already revealed,” he said. “But while one part of the government says this, another says something entirely different. The people deserve to know the truth. Was the land mortgaged, sold, auctioned, or illegally allotted?” he asked, demanding a transparent explanation on the status of these lands, questioning whether they had already been converted into real estate plots and distributed to private beneficiaries through backdoor channels.
Terming Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy a “fake and dishonest politician who repeatedly changes his statements”, Rama Rao said the official documents released by the government were forged ones and insisted that Revanth Reddy’s entire political character was questionable.
Alleging that the land was secretly allocated to a firm named Beacon, he said he had made all related documents public.
“If the government claims these are false, let them present their own proof,” he challenged, also questioning the unusual payment of Rs.170 crore in commission for a Rs.10,000 crore loan deal.
“Where else in the country have we seen such huge commissions in government deals? What are they hiding?” he asked, ridiculing the use of bulldozers on public lands and asking why the State government was resorting to clandestine operations using JCBs in the night if it really owned the land.
‘BJP is shielding Revanth Reddy’
Accusing the BJP of shielding the Congress government, specifically Revanth Reddy, over the past 15 months, he said Bandi Sanjay was protecting Revanth Reddy like a bodyguard.
“If the BJP and Congress aren’t colluding, why isn’t the BJP demanding a formal investigation?” he asked, also demanding the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) immediately investigate the financial aspects of the land and loan deals.
Rama Rao also drew attention to the deforestation occurring under the current regime, contrasting it with former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s decision to cancel six flyovers around KBR Park in response to citizen protests. “Back then, public opinion mattered. Now, even as 400 acres of forest are being destroyed and wildlife vanishes, this government refuses to listen to students protesting,” he said.
Stating that the Musi River development project was another avenue for large-scale corruption, with a Rs.1.5 lakh crore scam in the making, he said Minister D Sridhar Babu apparently did not know what was going on.
Spiteful Congress turning TG into desert
“When we were in power, projects across Telangana were alive. Now, under BJP and Congress, the region is turning into a desert,” he said, recalling how tanks used to be full even in summer under Chandrashekhar Rao’s leadership. “But now, due to Congress’s spiteful politics, everything is drying up,” he said.
Lauding the resilience of the Medigadda Barrage, which withstood massive inflows, he condemned the Congress attempts to sabotage it on flimsy grounds. “Even the BJP is failing the farmers with its fake NDSA drama,” he said, demanding urgent repairs to the Kaleshwaram project.
Earlier, the BRS held a key meeting in Karimnagar to plan for its upcoming silver jubilee celebrations. Attended by party in-charges and senior leaders from 13 constituencies, the meeting focused on preparations for the massive public gathering in Warangal.
