Harish Rao accuses Revanth Reddy of running land-centric government in Telangana

BRS leader T Harish Rao accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of running a land-centric government and targeting private and assigned properties. He alleged government lands worth Rs 30,000 crore had been sold and assured 22A-affected families of BRS support.

Hyderabad: BRS Legislature Party deputy leader T Harish Rao on Wednesday accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of running a land-centric government, but not a people-centric government in Telangana. He said the Congress government’s sole objective was to sell government lands and encroach upon private properties.

Addressing families affected by restrictions under the 22A prohibited properties list at KPHB Colony, Harish Rao called Revanth Reddy a land grabber. He stated that the government was harassing ordinary landowners by placing their properties on the 22A list while allegedly handing over valuable government properties to the Chief Minister’s relatives and associates.

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“Under KCR, governance was people-centric. Under Revanth Reddy, it has become land-centric,” he said. He said the government was focusing on government properties instead of addressing issues concerning education, healthcare, drinking water, power, transport, employment and farmers’ welfare.

The BRSLP deputy leader pointed out that the government had already sold government lands worth around Rs 30,000 crore in a short period. Housing Board and TGIIC lands were being put up for sale wherever government land was available, he alleged.

Harish Rao cited the proposed sale of a 1,000-square-yard park site in Hyder Nagar as an example. He said the land was earmarked during the BRS government for children to play after residents, led by Kishan Rao, fought for the facility. However, the Congress government had now put the site up for sale, he alleged.

“Government land is an asset for future generations and not for sale,” he said, warning that indiscriminate disposal of public land would leave little space in future for schools, hospitals, water tanks, places of worship or burial and cremation grounds.

Harish Rao said while government lands were being sold, the government was also targeting assigned lands given to Dalits, tribals and BCs. At the same time, properties purchased by ordinary people with their hard-earned money were allegedly being placed on the 22A list, he said.

Harish Rao assured 22A-affected families in Kukatpally that the BRS would stand by them and wage an uncompromising fight for protection of their properties. “Even if it means forcing the Congress government to relent, the BRS will fight on behalf of 22A victims and ordinary landowners,” he said.