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Naidu trains guns on Chief Minister

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STRIDENT STAND: Telugu Desam legislators led by N. Chandrababu Naidu coming out of the Assembly in Hyderabad on Monday.

HYDERABAD: Leader of the Opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday mounted a scathing attack on Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy charging him with holding over 1,600 acres and establishing an estate akin to the long abolished jagirdar and zamindar systems.

Participating in the debate on the issue of surrender of assigned land by the Chief Minister in Idulapaya village in Kadapa district, Mr. Naidu said no family in the State could be holding such large extent of land.

Dr. Reddy had changed his versions on the extent of land held by him. The Government had not given the break- up as apart from the 310 acres surrendered by Dr. Reddy, his family held endowment, forest, tank and other lands.

It was in variance with the declaration he made before the Election Commission.

Nomula's plea to State

CPI(M) floor leader Nomula Narasimhaiah said when a district like Ranga Reddy alone had 8,000 acres of assigned land under illegal occupation it could be much more in other districts.

He wanted the Government to make all-out efforts to bring out such lands and constitute all-party committee to monitor it.

He took exception to the Chief Minister finding fault with the CPI(M) taking donation from a person accused of land grabbing saying the party had already given a clarification.

CPI leader Chada Venkat Reddy suggested constitution of an expert committee with former IAS officers — K.R. Venugopal and S.R. Sankaran — as members.

`Black day'

BJP leader G. Kishen Reddy said it was `black day' in democracy as the Chief Minister was defending his action.

MIM leader Akaburrdin Owaisi said the House should send a strong message to people that everybody was equal before the law and demanded a white paper on implementation of land reforms.

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