The issues pertaining to payment of compensation to the residents displaced from Motumarla and Tumparthi villages in Dharmavaram Assembly constituency for the ‘land to the poor’ scheme have come to the fore after some residents tried to stop the convoy of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at Pothulanagaihpalli Layout. Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was returning after releasing the Jagananna Vasathi Devena benefits at a programme at Narpala in Anantapur district on April 26 (Wednesday).
The residents alleged that they had received only ₹5 lakh per acre even as they had sought ₹20 lakh per acre.
Referring to the incident, TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh said that the Chief Minister was ‘scared to stop his convoy’ when the villagers tried to submit a representation to him.
