Hyderabad, April 07: The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) today warned that action would be taken against those, including Kadapa leaders, allegedly involved in mining irregularities in places like Bayyaram, Garla, Siripuram, etc. in Khammam district.
Local Congress elected representatives, including MLAs, MLCs and others, would undertake ‘mines protection yatra’ near the mining areas probably on May 7, it added.
Addressing a press conference at the CLP office here, Government chief whip M Bhatti Vikramarka, along with whip K Murali Mohan and AICC secretary and MLC P Sudhakar Reddy, lamented that valuable natural resources like barytes, dolomite, sand, etc. present in the agency areas were going into the hands of non-tribals.
A representation would be submitted to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy requesting him to order for a detailed inquiry into mining activity in the areas which come under 1/70 Act. As per the Constitution, only local tribals have the right over natural resources present in their areas, they said.
They urged the government to cancel all relevant GOs to prevent illegal mining in agency areas.
“We will bring pressure on the government to protect interests of the tribals,” they said.
It was reported, in a section of the press, that late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s son-inlaw Anil Kumar’s Rakshana Steel Company was involved in illegal mining activity at Bayyaram in Khammam district.
Several other Kadapa leaders, believed to be close associates of late YSR, are also involved in the activity.
On this occasion, the CLP members urged Kadapa voters to exercise their franchise in favour of the Congress in Kadapa bypolls in order to fulfil the aspirations of late YSR by completing his schemes and programmes.
“Casting vote to the Congress would be treated as vote to YSR but vote to Jagan’s party will be considered as a vote to Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
Jagan has become power hungry and has a ‘hidden agenda’ with the BJP”, they said.
–Agencies