Minister Balaraju on Land Grabbing Spree
posted on Mar 28, 2012 @ 2:19PM
State Tribal Welfare department minister P Balaraju is nowadays making news for his land grabbing spree. It can't be said how far he is serving the tribals of the state, but it is certain that he is usurping their lands. There are many reports of land grabbing are coming in against the minister.
According to sources, the minister has already grabbed old ITDA office land at Paderu, Electricity Board's land in Chinthapalli and land the belonging to Coffee Board in Gudem village. It is also said that, freshly he is trying to get hold of another 300 acres of land in the agency area. Former MLA Goddeti Demudu has already sent complaints about the minister's land-grabbing activities to the state and central governments. Demudu alleges that minister Balaraju isn't doing anything for the welfare of the tribal people, but is only concerned with his own enrichment.
Demudu alleged that apart from land grabbing, minister Balaraju is resorting to many an illegal activities also. He is not only threatening the local officials, but also managed that no IAS officer is appointed to the Paderu ITDA office, so that there won't be any hindrance to his activities. He also managed to get the sub-collector Karthikeya Mishra transferred and is trying to get an RDO rank official of his choice appointed there.