Khammam June (Puvvada Nagendra Kumar Punnami District Reporter) Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR), who participated in a meeting of BRS party workers from Paleru constituency, severely criticized the state Congress government, especially Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy. Alleging that despite the decrease in revenue income in the state, corruption related to the revenue department has increased, KTR accused Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy of participating in illegal earnings, land transactions, sand scams and settlements. He criticized the BJP and Congress parties for not responding to the issue even though hundreds of crores of rupees were revealed in previous ED raids. He alleged that farmers are being inconvenienced and settlements are being made on a large scale in the name of land disputes, and he also raised questions about the role of the minister’s family members in the Vattinagulapalli land issue. He alleged that thousands of crores of rupees are being earned through illegal mining and sand business. Responding to the challenge thrown by Minister Ponguleti on the issue of Indiramma’s houses, he demanded that he keep his promise to build 20 lakh houses as the Housing Minister. He criticized that even after two years, not even 10 lakh houses have been built. He asked the people to be told how many houses have been allotted to SC, ST, BC and minority communities in Khammam district. KTR accused the state government of trying to impose the burden of land tax on farmers again and said that the Congress government is trying to bring back the land tax that was abolished by the Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao government in the past. Ponguleti accused Srinivas Reddy of acting arrogantly and behaving inappropriately with fellow ministers and officials. He expressed confidence that people are watching everything and that the pink flag will fly in the Paleru constituency in the future as well. Former Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, former MLA Kandala Upender Reddy, Rajya Sabha member Vaddiraju Ravichandra, MLCs Tata Madhusudhan, Takkellapalli Ravinder Rao, former Deputy Mayor of Khammam Corporation Bathula Murali, Khammam City Presidents Pagadala Nagaraju, Kurakula Nagabhushanam, and others participated in this meeting.
