Farmers Movement Archive

Poll fever: LRS fee in Telangana may be reduced again

HYDERABAD: The state government is likely to reduce the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) fee. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao assured ministers and his party’s legislators that he will positively consider their request to slash down the LRS fee although it was already reduced last month on their request. The CM disclosed this during a meeting with the party leaders preparing for the polls. Elections for the Dubbak assembly constiituency, Nizamabad local authorities MLC, for which Kalvakuntla Kavitha is contesting, the two Graduate MLC constituencies and local bodies are scheduled to be held in the next few months. TRS leaders told KCR that many feel that the LRS penal amount is high even after the government reduced it through a GO on September 18. Though a couple of TRS members wanted a special two-day assembly session to discuss new revenue Act and LRS benefits, the CM did not show any interest. The chief minister said surveys have predicted TRS victory in the upcoming elections. According to him, his party will win Dubbak with a thumping majority and bag over 100 seats in the GHMC elections. However, he cautioned the party members not to be complacent about the two Graduate MLC polls. Take the Graduate MLC elections as an opportunity to silence the critics that the government employees, youth and unemployed are against the ruling TRS. Work hard to enrol voters who graduated after 2014, the CM told the leaders. The Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbubnagar MLC seat is held by the BJP while Nalgonda-Warangal-Khammam by the TRS. The Election Commission of India is yet to announce the poll schedule. The term of the two MLCs ends in March 2021. The chief minister spent much of his time explaining about the new Revenue Act and the LRS scheme. “Though there is a lot of positivity about these two issues among the people, tell them its advantages, help the poor and every property owner to get their details registered on Dharani, and regularise their lands. Be with the people,” he said.CM KCR asked the party leaders to tell the people that the three Farm Bills passed by the BJP government at the Centre are against the farmers. Also, the electricity Act proposed by the Centre is against the interests of state governments and the consumers, and favourable to the private sector. BJP is lying on several issues, KCR said while talking about Farm Bills. The TRS had supported BJP on several issues in the interests of the country but the BJP government is not playing a positive role to solve the river water disputes between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, on the other hand there is a threat of Godavari river being diverted as part of river-linking project of the Centre, he said.

The Times of India

2020-10-04

Hyderabad