388 acres, 30 days, zero findings so far
The Congress government’s probe into land around KCR’s Erravelli farmhouse has begun. The allegations remain allegations; the survey has already reached more than 120 Dalit farmers.
The 30-day inquiry into land around the Erravelli farmhouse is under way; no final report or authenticated survey map has been published.
The Congress government in Telangana has ordered a 30-day inquiry into allegations that 388 acres of government or assigned land are connected to K. Chandrashekar Rao’s farmhouse at Erravelli. Officials have begun surveying Survey No. 325 and nearby village lands. The final finding, unlike the political arithmetic, is still pending.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy told the Assembly that about 295 acres were purchased or patta land and another 388 acres was government land, producing a claimed total of roughly 700 acres. He also alleged wider land irregularities worth ₹1 lakh crore under the previous BRS regime. The inquiry may establish some, all or none of that. At present, the ₹1 lakh crore figure is a political allegation, not an audited loss.
The survey has reportedly led to notices being issued to more than 120 Dalit farmers, some of whom say the land was distributed to their families decades ago. That makes the government’s job rather less cinematic than “reclaiming encroached land”: it must establish boundaries, ownership and the legal status of assigned land without treating cultivators as scenery.
As of September 20, no final report or authenticated survey map had been published. The Congress government has 30 days to produce records, not just headlines.