Communist Party of India(Marxist) State Secretary V. Srinivasa Rao on Saturday alleged that land mafia with the support of ruling YSRCP leaders and revenue officials was trying to grab around 200 acres of prime lands at Narayanpuram village of Etcherla Assembly constituency in Srikakulam district. Along with the party State Secretariat member B. Tulasi Das and the party district secretary D. Govinda Rao, he interacted with Narayanapuram farmers and promised to protect their rights.
The farmers told him that 28 aces of INAM (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) lands were purchased by Andhavarapu Govindarajulu in the year 1904 and the remaining 171 acres of lands were under the possession of Dalits and backward classes. They said that the names of farmers were in Adangals and other revenue records till the year 2005 but influential people changed names and created new passbooks with the support of revenue officials.
