Rs 200 crore land, Rs 7 crore price?
BRS says five acres in Raviryal went to a company allegedly linked to the Chief Minister’s brother for a fraction of its value. The Congress government says nothing to see here; the Lokayukta has reportedly taken the complaint on file.
The Raviryal allotment dispute now turns on the documents behind the numbers.
BRS leaders have taken the Raviryal land-allotment row to the Telangana Lokayukta, alleging five acres in the e‑City were handed to Tesseract Advanced Systems — a company they say is linked to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s brother — at around Rs 7–7.5 crore against a claimed value of Rs 135–200 crore. Namasthe Telangana reported the Lokayukta accepted the complaint and assigned Case No. 835/2026; an official case record was not available in the public domain at filing.
The complainants — BRS MLCs Dasoju Sravan Kumar and Mankena Koti Reddy, MLAs Kaleru Venkatesh, Mutha Gopal and K Sanjay, and social media convenor Manne Krishank — have asked for the allotment to be cancelled and for inquiries into Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu and TGIIC officials. K T Rama Rao separately asked the government to release the GO, valuation, eligibility criteria, investment and employment commitments, and the names of officials who processed the file. Those documents have not been published in the reports reviewed.
The Congress government’s line is that the numbers are fiction. Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said officials processed the file, the Chief Minister and the company chairman were not involved, and that comparable land sold for Rs 90 lakh per acre under the previous regime — about Rs 1.5 crore now. Tesseract said the TGIIC process took 15 months, all fees were paid, and the five-acre ask ties to planned aerospace and defence capacity; it cites DPIIT startup recognition and an address in IDA Jeedimetla. Neither answer explains why the GO, valuation and criteria are still under wraps.
What is established so far is an allegation and a reported case number; not a finding. What would settle this is on paper — the GO, valuation basis, application, and file notes. The BJP will happily posture about “cronyism” when it suits and look the other way when it doesn’t; the Congress government in Telangana can do better than vibes. Put the documents out.