Section 22-A mess gets two protest dates
The Telangana BJP wants a white paper on private properties listed as prohibited, while the Congress government admits errors and promises corrections. The alleged mega-scam remains, for now, a political number without a ledger.
The Section 22-A list is under review, while the larger claims await a ledger.
The Telangana BJP will hold protests at Indira Park on September 5 and 6 over private properties appearing on the Section 22-A prohibited-properties list. BJP Legislature Party leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy demanded a white paper and threatened to “storm the Assembly” if corrective action does not begin. BJP state president N. Ramachander Rao also cited properties in Kukatpally and Arutla, though the specific land claims were not independently verified in the material reviewed. (Source: report published August 27.)
The underlying problem is real enough without the added arithmetic. The Telangana government has acknowledged that some genuine properties were wrongly listed. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said Survey No. 403, covering 1,288 acres, was listed in full even though he said only two plots had an issue. The government says it will correct eligible cases and publish additions made since December 7, 2023. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has also said survey numbers would be subdivided where only part was affected.
The High Court has sought the government’s response after petitioners complained that an updated Section 22-A list was not reliably available online. The court said details of prohibited agricultural lands should be public. That is the useful demand here: publish the records. The BJP’s “lakhs of crores” claim, the alleged ₹15,000-crore transfer and the alleged ₹200-crore monthly payments to Delhi remain unsubstantiated allegations. The list is under review; so, apparently, is the evidence.