The CPI (M) district secretary A. Mallesh said that government was making false propaganda regarding land acquisition of Mallannasagar and added that the agitation was started by the oustees and not by political parties as alleged by Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said that only 30 per cent of the land was acquired by the government but it has been claiming as 80 per cent. “Lands of Etigaddakishtapur, Lakshmapur, Rampur, Vaddera colony, Brahmana Banjerapally, Tukkapur and Toguta are being purchased by the government and today it was Pallepahad. Still farmers of about 70 p.c. of the lands are yet to give consent ,” he said