Telangana: Harish Rao Threatens To Stall Assembly And Gherao Secretariat Over 22A Land Listings
Harish Rao alleged that fully registered houses were being placed under Section 22A to facilitate illegal collections: Reports
HYDERABAD: Former minister and BRS deputy floor leader T. Harish Rao on Sunday warned that the party would stall the forthcoming Assembly session and lay siege to the Secretariat if the Congress government failed to immediately withdraw the allegedly “unjust” prohibitory listings under Section 22A.
Addressing a meeting organised by the BRS in support of residents affected by the listings in Boduppal, Harish Rao demanded the removal of Tirumala Meadows, Lakshmi Ganapathi and Hemanagar colonies from the restricted list. Local leaders, including former minister Mallareddy and former Uppal MLA Lakshma Reddy, attended the meeting.
Harish Rao alleged that fully registered houses were being placed under Section 22A to facilitate illegal collections and claimed that middle-class families were unable to secure bank loans or sell their properties. He cited residents’ complaints that homes offered as collateral for education, marriage or emergencies were being rejected because they figured in the list.
He alleged that the government had removed the 22A details from the Bhu Bharati portal overnight and demanded that the complete list be restored and placed in the public domain. He also claimed that around 40 lakh acres across Telangana had been included in the prohibited list, and accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy of promoting real-estate interests.
Harish Rao alleged that the government had wrongly included private, patta-owned properties in the Section 22A prohibited list despite the Urban Land Ceiling Act having been repealed years ago. He questioned why ordinary homeowners were being forced to visit government offices and submit applications to correct an error committed by officials, and demanded that the government itself remove the affected properties from the list without burdening the public.
