In response, the BRS has mounted counter-allegations against the chief minister’s family. A fresh political confrontation erupted in the Telangana Assembly on Wednesday over land records and Section 22-A prohibited properties, with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy ordering an inquiry into land linked to former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
Chandrashekar Rao must answer this today,” Reddy said, directing the Revenue Department and the concerned Collector to issue a notice to KCR and establish how much land had been purchased and how much was actually available. K Kavitha, KCR’s daughter and TRS president, also demanded a CBI inquiry into the landholdings cited by Reddy. “Is the 700-acre farmhouse under your control or not?
She said she would surrender even “a single square yard” if it was found to be in excess of the land declared in her election affidavit.
“If records are pulled for the entire state, who knows what will come out? Reddy further claimed that 388 acres should be under government control and ordered officials to determine who was in possession. He said that if the land was established as government land or otherwise recoverable under law, it would be taken over and distributed among 800 Dalit families. The Chief Minister’s allegations were met with a sharp counterattack from BRS floor leader and former minister T Harish Rao, who alleged that members of the Reddy family collectively owned around 308 acres. Harish said documents available with his party showed 175 acres in one village, while further claims concerned Kondareddypally.
“I am issuing this order, Mr Speaker,” Reddy said, while directing the Revenue Department and senior officials to initiate the process. Harish said, according to his remarks in the House.
