Land row: allegations arrive before the records
Revanth Reddy’s Assembly claims about KCR-family land holdings are reported, but the documents needed to prove illegality are still missing.
The land row has produced several acreage figures, but no parcel-by-parcel public record has been released.
The Telangana government has an allegation, several published acreage figures and, so far, no public land table to match them.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy reportedly told the Assembly on September 16 that land parcels linked to K. Chandrashekar Rao’s family and other BRS leaders required scrutiny, during a discussion on Section 22-A of the Registration Act. Reports also say he ordered an inquiry into land around KCR’s farmhouse in Erravalli, Siddipet.
The figures do not even agree. One report put the broader total at about 440 acres; another cited roughly 700 acres around the farmhouse, including 388 acres described as government land. Other reported figures include 67.5 acres linked to KCR’s family, 123 acres to KTR’s family and 30 acres to Harish Rao’s family. Whether these totals overlap is not explained.
That is the inconvenient part for the Congress government: an allegation is not a revenue finding. No certified survey extracts, Assembly transcript, inquiry order, completed investigation or court finding has been published in the material reviewed to establish illegal acquisition, benami ownership, encroachment or Dharani manipulation.
BRS leaders have said holdings were disclosed in election affidavits and tax returns, and have sought wider inquiries. The Congress government has not yet supplied the parcel-by-parcel record that would turn political theatre into evidence. For now, the land row has plenty of acreage and a shortage of paperwork.