Ruckus on Mudapaka lands

Visakhapatnam: Dalit leaders alleged that the officials were misleading the SC/ST Commission on Mudapaka lands issue at a review meeting chaired by commission chairman Karem Shivaji here on Friday.Joint Collector G Srujana admitted that there was a dispute on Mudapaka lands in the district where the Vuda is acquiring lands. Further elaborating on the point, the Joint Collector said that some farmers voluntarily offered their lands while some others refused and as such, a survey is going on to assess the number of real ayacutdars.

Highlights:

• SC, ST Commission Chairman Karem Sivaji takes part in a review meeting
• Officials misleading commission, allege Dalit leaders

In turn, Dalita Hakkula Porata Samithi state president G V Prabhakar and secretary B Venkata Rao, who were present there, questioned how the land acquisition by Vuda is possible without even serving notices on farmers. They demanded the commission render justice as the government has been exerting pressure on officials to safeguard realtor Venkata Rama Raju from the land scam. The angry leaders rushed to the podium and appealed to the chairman to protect the poor Dalits from the land pooling scam and suspend the SI for backing the realtor.

Many Dalit farmers appealed to the chairman to initiate steps for giving back the land pattas taken away by realtor Rama Raju by cheating them. Pandemonium was prevailed in the meeting for some time when the leaders complained that the JC has been misleading the commission as Vuda itself has earlier declared that there was no such land acquisition in Mudapaka.
The chairman at last pacified the angry leaders assuring that justice would be done. Dalit leaders Maturi Chinna Rao, Gantyada Sankar Rao, Pudi Mallesh, Padala Ramana, farmers Muvvala Ramakrishna, Saripalli Ganesh, Venkata Lakshmi and others participated.