Revanth Reddy orders probe into KCR farmhouse land in Siddipet

Revanth Reddy said agricultural landholding limits prescribed for different categories of land had also been violated in some cases.

Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday ordered a comprehensive inquiry into the land held by Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao at his farmhouse at Erravelli in Siddipet district.

Speaking in the Telangana legislative assembly during a discussion on the inclusion of thousands of acres of private lands in the prohibited list under the controversial Section 22-A of the Registration Act, the CM asked officials of revenue department to examine whether the entire 700-acre property associated with KCR’s farmhouse was legally held by him.

“We have asked the officials to complete the probe within 30 days. As per the information, as much as 388 acres of government land was part of KCR’s farmhouse. If it is proved that the government land has been occupied or held illegally, we shall take steps to confiscate the same and distribute it among the poor,” Revanth Reddy said.

He claimed that in Siddipet district, the KCR family had 67.5 acres, while the family of BRS working president K T Rama Rao had 123 acres, former minister T Harish Rao’s family had 30 acres, and the family of Kalvakuntla Kavitha had 37 acres.