Probe all land allotments during YSR rule: Dattatreya

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader  Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday demanded that the state government give the nod for a Joint Legislative Committee probe into the alleged allotment of land to Special Economic Zones, industrialists and entrepreneurs.

Mr Dattareya told media persons at the party’s Barakatpura office that the government should order the JLC probe into the allotments of lands from 2004 onwards through 2009. He also displayed a letter he has written to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy demanding the JLC probe.

He said that the probe should cover the period of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s rule, since allegations that there were dubious deals during his tenure were coming to light.

The senior BJP leader alleged that some vested elements and influential persons got benefitted in the secret land dealings, causing enormous loss to the state Exchequer.

“The JLC probe into entire murky issue will bring truth to light. After the probe, the guilty should be brought to book,” he demanded.

Mr Dattatreya also demanded that the government reveal the names of persons who were allotted lands under secret agreements. “The names of these beneficiaries who had been allotted prime lands after they promised to establish their industries and providing jobs to local people should be revealed,” the BJP leader demanded.

He said the government had acquired thousands of acres of fertile lands from farmers in the name of setting up of Special Economic Zones and industries. “However, it (the government) has failed to ensure that these prime lands were allotted to genuine entrepreneurs,” he stated.