He said Mr. Raghunandan Rao is a close relative of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and he can not be expected to give any fair report but only prepare the one dictated by Mr. Rao. Mr. Reddy said there are 160 illegal constructions in the Deverayamjal village itself and wanted the government to reveal the records of 1,531 acres of land of the temple since 1926. Mr. Reddy claimed that Minister Malla Reddy’s relative Srinivas Reddy had occupied land in Survey No 657 and incidentally Mr. Srinivas Reddy’s wife is the chairperson of Gundla Pochampalli Municipality representing the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS). He said Mr. Rama Rao along with HMDA Commissioner and RERA chairman Somesh Kumar would have to be held responsible for the illegal constructions. Former Member of Parliament Mallu Ravi, former Whip E. Anil, TPCC general secretary Venugopal, TPCC vice president Narsimha Reddy and Congress leaders Harivardhan Reddy and Turkaplly Venugopal Reddy were among those present.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2021 16:28 UTC