Hyderabad, September 13: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi senior leader and MLA, Mr T Harish Rao, on Sunday, demanded that the State government release a white paper on the compensation paid to the displaced farmers in the construction of Outer Ring Road project.
Speaking to mediapersons in the TRS headquarters “Telangana Bhavan” here, Mr Harish Rao said that the Rayalaseema Hakkula Vedika leader and MLA, Mr T G Venkatesh, who lost some land in the ORR project was given highly valuable government land near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad.
Alleging that Mr Venkatesh had benefitted immensely by being the Rayalaseema Hakkula Vedika leader, the TRS leader has questioned the government as to why it had not given land to other displaced farmers on par with Mr Venkatesh. He has alleged that while the government handed over prime government lands to Seema-Andhra leaders as compensation, the poor farmers of Telangana region were left in the lurch and rendered gross injustice.
He said the irregularities committed by the government were outrageous. Apart from the financial irregularities, the government had illegally snatched the lands of the poor people, without paying compensation due to them, he added.
Pointing out that senior TRS leader and MLA, Mr Rajender also lost eight acres of land under the ORR project, Mr Harish Rao demanded that the government render equal justice to the people of Telangana region whose lands were taken over irrationally. Lambasting the Chief Minister, Mr K Rosaiah, for hastily allotting 3.12-acre government land to the Rayalaseema leader, he asked the Chief Minister under which rule the land was given to his party leader and demanded that all those who lost lands under ORR-Emaar Properties deal be allotted lands near Shamshabad on par with Mr T G Venkatesh.
The TRS leader lambasted Mr T G Venkatesh and Seema-Andhra MPs for making atrocious comments against the people of Telangana. Pointing out that the Seemandhra leaders who were campaigning for the unified state, Mr Harish Rao said that no one would object if they were campaigning for the cause they believed in. But the way they were talking about Telangana and its leaders was most reprehensive, he added.
——-NSS