HYDERABAD: BJP MP M Raghunandan Rao on Wednesday demanded that BRS working president KT Rama Rao name the BJP MP, who he had said was involved in a scam involving the land at Kancha Gachibowli.
Speaking to media persons here, he said that after KTR reveals the name of the MP, his party would respond to the charges. Raghunandan further alleged that former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had allocated 134 acres of land belonging to the University of Hyderabad to the Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers association.
He was speaking after taking part in a meeting with BJP MPs Konda Vishweshwar Reddy and Eatala Rajender, where they discussed the way forward regarding the Kancha Gachibowli land issue. UoH Vice-Chancellor BJ Rao and Registrar Devish Nigam also attended the meeting.
Raghunandan Rao said that in 2012, the then Rangareddy district collector had informed the chief commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) that 2,185 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli belonged to the university. “UoH should rightfully possess 2,185 acres.
Even if we set aside the disputed 400 acres, why did the previous government not build a compound wall around the remaining 1,785 acres of university land? We demand that the government construct a boundary wall for the university.”
When reporters questioned the appropriateness of the UoH vice-chancellor and registrar attending a meeting at a BJP MP’s residence, Raghunandan Rao defended their presence, saying, “There is nothing wrong with university authorities visiting a local MP.”