Section 22-A mess gets a second House
BJP MLAs disrupted the Telangana Assembly over alleged wrongful entries in the prohibited-properties list. The government has admitted errors; the wider land-scam claims remain unproved.
The Section 22-A list remains under review as the Assembly argues over how to examine it.
The Section 22-A list has now disrupted both land records and the Telangana Assembly. BJP MLAs led by Alleti Maheshwar Reddy entered the well on September 7, demanding an immediate discussion and a judicial inquiry into alleged wrongful entries in the prohibited-properties list. They raised slogans, moved towards the Speaker’s podium, tore placards and threw the papers into the well before the House was adjourned for 15 minutes. (New Indian Express)
The Speaker and Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu said the issue could be taken up through a short discussion, an adjournment motion and the Business Advisory Committee. The BJP wanted the full inquiry menu instead.
The Congress government has already acknowledged that the list contains errors. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy apologised to affected property owners, citing cases where land cleared by court orders remained listed and where an entire 12-acre Rangareddy parcel was included even though only two acres were identified as Bhoodan land. A review committee was formed, with 511 applications pending in Medchal–Malkajgiri at the time of his statement. (New Indian Express)
That establishes an administrative mess, not the BJP’s wider claims of a statewide conspiracy, Rs 15,000 crore transaction or 103 shell companies. Those remain allegations without the underlying records or an agency finding. The government has a list to correct; the BJP has a case to prove. So far, the Congress has offered procedure and the BJP has offered theatre. The land records are still waiting for both to finish talking.