Former Minister and Telangana BJP election coordination committee chairman Eatala Rajender has questioned the government “gloating over the high real estate prices obtained through auction of public lands” and wondered why it was acting like a ‘real estate broker’ in acquiring lands for a pittance from Dalits and others on the other hand, on Tuesday.
“Why is the government forcing farmers and poor Dalits to give up their lands for Pharma City or Ring Road offering ₹20 lakh an acre during land acquisition? These are being handed over to big firms and they later make crores. More than 5,000 acres of assigned land is being usurped,” he told a press conference at the party office.
The BJP leader wanted to know why assigned land beneficiaries were being denied an opportunity to sell, as is being given in neighbouring States and claimed this was assured by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao himself on the Legislative Assembly floor.
