AICC Telangana incharge Meenakshi Natarajan met with the group of ministers in an effort to address the issue of the 400-acre land parcel in Kancha Gachibowli adjacent to the University of Hyderabad (UoH)
Hyderabad: A day after she met with the group of ministers in an effort to address the issue of the 400-acre land parcel in Kancha Gachibowli adjacent to the University of Hyderabad (UoH) here, AICC Telangana incha-rge Meenakshi Natara-jan meet with students and civil society groups on Sunday.
The UoH Students Union (UoHSU) urged Natarajan to take steps to allow the union, along with expert faculty and researchers to conduct damage assessment surveys and gather biodiversity data at Kancha Gachibowli land.
In a memorandum submitted to Natarajan, the union demanded withdrawal of all charges on students who have been named in various FIRs, UoHSU president Umesh Ambedkar said, according to the news agency PTI. Two persons were still in jail, it said.
Despite the stay by the Supreme Court, police were still stationed throughout the campus, causing unwarranted hurdles in daily lives of students, it said, demanding immediate withdrawal of police force from the campus.
Claiming that 2,300 acres of land was allocated to the university for academic and research purposes when it was established during the tenure of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the students union urged Natarajan to take steps to register the whole land, including the 400 acres at Kancha Gachbowli, in the name of the university.
The students provided a detailed briefing of the issue, following which Natarajan assured the union that she would take the issue to the notice of the party leadership, sources said.
Natarajan has asked the state government to engage in discussions with all the stakeholders on the issue.
The committee of ministers appointed by the government to hold talks with stakeholders comprises Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, industries minister D. Sridhar Babu, both alumni of UoH, and revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy.
“She (Natarajan) said the government should also listen to their (students and others) objections and wait for the Supreme Court’s ruling on the land issue. We will hold consultations with all stakeholders and we should give patient hearing,” a senior Congress leader said, according to PTI.
The Congress leader said the Kancha Gachi-bowli land belonged to the state government and the present dispensation fought in the courts and retained it.
