CPM demands passbooks for podu lands

Kothagudem: Demanding pattas and passbooks to podu lands, CPM local leaders staged a dharna at Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Office here on Monday. MLA Sunnam Rajaiah along with party leaders participated in the protest. Earlier, they took out a rally in the temple town of Bhadrachalam. The protestors raised slogans of anti-government.  

Speaking on the occasion, MLA Sunnam Rajaiah demanded that the government should give subsidy income under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme to podu farmers also. After staging dharna for about one hour at the ITDA office, the leaders submitted a representation to Deputy Director Ch Ram Murthy.  

Party state leader P Sudershan, district party secretary A Kanakaiah, Y Ravi Kumar, MB Narasa Reddy, B Venkat Reddy, Y Vamsi and others participated in the programme.