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ORR row: BJP plans `Chalo Assembly'

Special Correspondent

Dattatreya demands a judicial inquiry into alleged irregularities in land transactions

HYDERABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party will organise `Chalo Assembly' on August 25 focussing on the alleged irregularities in land transactions in the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project.

Party secretary Bandaru Dattatreya in a press release demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge. Friday's stay by High Court on the implementation of the project has vindicated the allegations of the party, he said.

Mr. Dattatreya said Mines and Geology Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy, who hails from Ranga Reddy district, and the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Minister, D. Sudhir Reddy, had no replies to their queries on the realignment of the road at several places. The alignment of the road was altered to protect the lands of some VIPs.

In a separate statement, CPI said a party delegation called on relatives of Pesarakayala Sattamma, who allegedly died of shock after losing her two-acre land under the project, at Pedda Amberpet in Hayatnagar.

Plea to YSR

Meanwhile, Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham urged Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to return the land auctioned by the HUDA at Kokapet to Dalits who were in its possession for the past several decades.

KVPS wanted the Government to stop victimising Dalits in the name of development. The Government should, instead, acquire the lands owned by the rich for the projects that were being proposed in and around the twin cities. KVPS would organise a round table on Saturday in protest against the forcible acquisition and auction of the lands of Dalits.

Members of political parties as well as the representatives of Dalits and weaker sections' organisations would attend the meeting.

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