Revanth accuses KCR of land irregularities, pocketing 30 per cent commission

HYDERABAD: TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Monday accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and his family members of accepting a 30 per cent commission for legalising prohibited Bhoodan properties across 146 acres,
worth Rs 1,000 crore, at Timmapur of Kandukur in Rangareddy using the Dharani
portal.

Revanth Reddy, retaliating to Chandrashekar Rao’s comments on the Congress
for highlighting failures of the Dharani portal, said the Congress would “provide a double-bedroom for Chandrashekar Rao and his family at Chanchalguda jail after the Congress comes to power in the state.”

“When Congress was in power, thousands of acres were provided to landless
people under Bhoodan. As part of this, the Congress provided 146 acres located in survey no 6/1 and others to landless at Timmapur. The same land is still shown as ‘prohibited’ by the stamps and registration department portal, but it is legalised in the name of one N. Shiva Murthy, who is a follower of minister K.T. Rama Rao. K.T. Rama Rao accepted a 30 per cent commission and transferred the land to real estate businessmen through Dharani,” Revanth Reddy said.

He also asked Union minister G. Kishan Reddy, a Timmapur native, to respond
to the scam and call for a central vigilance commission probe against the collector who transferred the prohibited land onto the Dharani portal.

“Kishan Reddy wrote a letter to the government about the Timmapur lands issue when he was MLA. Later, Kishan Reddy forgot about it. I request Kishan Reddy call for an in-depth inquiry against the collector of Rangareddy to find facts in connection with the land scam,” Revanth Reddy said.

The TPCC chief said that they would lodge a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the district collector over the alleged irregularities done by the Chief Minister.

Stating that at least 20 lakh farmers are facing problems due to the Dharani
portal, Revanth Reddy said they would cancel the Dharani portal after coming
to power in Telangana. He also found fault with the state government for assigning maintenance of the Dharani portal to a bankrupt company, IL&FS,
for Rs 250 crore.

“Later, IL&FS company sold the same to a Philippines-based company TerraCIS
Technologies Ltd, which used to run the TS government’s integrated land
records management system, Dharani, to Makati, Philippines-based investment
company Falcon SG Holding (Philippines), Inc. Falcon SG is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Singapore-based Falcon Investments Pvt. Ltd. The farmer's
land details are in danger after the government put it to private companies
and may manipulate the data,” the TPCC chief said.