Former Minister and BJP leader Eatala Rajender has appealed to the Congress Government to provide titles to the tribals undertaking cultivation on the forest lands and lambasted the previous BRS regime under Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of “cheating” the tribals.
Participating in the ongoing ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ of the party on Thursday, he said those doing “Podu cultivation” should be protected and draconian measures were uncalled for. The KCR Government’s controversial ‘Dharani’ revenue portal had removed column 13 by which the tribals were denied their land rights, he explained.
Since the Congress Government led by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had promised to help the tribals and had already put on hold the portal, it should take steps immediately to restore the farm rights to them as they have been cultivating the lands for generations, he demanded.
