Deputy chief minister and revenue minister Krishna Murthy demanded Rs one lakh crore package to the development of Rayalaseema region. Addressing the media, he said, “I don’t know what the CM demanded from centre for Rayalaseema, a man from Rayalasseem, I demand a package of Rs one lakh crore to the region,” he said.

The differences between the deputy chief minister and Municipal administration minister P Narayana, blue eyed boy of CM Naidu, came to fore once again today. His comments on capital region land acquisition, which is being overseen by municipal minister Narayana, bears testimony to this.

Krishna Murthy said he doesn’t want to comment on Narayana’s statement that the government would acquire land in capital region by invoking Land Acquisition Act. The implementation LA act and getting the land acquired to the public purpose is normally the duty of revenue minister.

Here Revenue minister is totally out of loop as far as the land pooling and land acquisition in the capital region development authority is concerned. ” I don’t want to comment on what he said,” KE told media, stating that there is no need for invocation of Land Acquisition Act. ” I am hopeful that people would come forward to give away their lands to capital,” he said. In the same breath, the revenue minister cum deputy CM also said there was no need for further acquisition of land for the capital construction. He clearly stated that the revenue department had nothing to the with land pooling or land acquisition in the capital region.

He said the gramakantham lands (residential portion of villages) should be not be touched by the government, if they were in use.