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Telangana CM lists extent of land owned by KCR, KTR, Harish Rao and other family members

Telangana CM says KCR’s farm house in Erravelli spans 700 acres, of which 388 acres is assignment land. He announces fact finding team would be constituted to inquire into the assignment land issue

Telangana CM lists extent of land owned by KCR, KTR, Harish Rao and other family members

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy accused Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, as well as other BRS family members, of amassing a large amount of land in Telangana. The land, allegedly acquired during the statehood agitation and after BRS came to power in 2014, exceeds the allotted agricultural land limits.

K. Chandrasekhar Rao, his wife, and daughter Kalvakuntla Kavita own significant tracts of land in various districts, totaling 439.3 acres spanning nine districts, 24 mandals, and 31 villages. The Chief Minister also alleged that BRS working president and MLA K.T. Rama Rao possessed 123.19 acres of land, while KCR's wife and her husband had 37.26 acres.

T. Harish Rao and his wife owned 30.16 acres, and Joginapalli Santosh Kumar and his family owned 79.2 acres. The total land assets of the family, as revealed by the Chief Minister, are spread across nine districts, 24 mandals, and 31 villages. The government plans to distribute the lands among 800 dalit families, while a fact-finding team will investigate the issue further.

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