TDP senior leader and AP Assembly Public Accounts Committee chairman Payyavula Keshav on Tuesday said that the TDP would protect the lands of the Indu Group and return them to the original owners.

Keshav said that the Congress government headed by Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had collected hundreds of acres of lands from farmers in Ananthapur district promising to establish Lepakshi Knowledge Hub. The lands were taken from the people paying a nominal amount of Rs 2 lakh per acre, he said.

Now, after several years, while the knowledge hub was not established and local people were not given any jobs, the lands are being transferred to private people through the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), he alleged.

The TDP leader said that hundreds of acres of land were taken by force from the people and now being given to private individuals with the NCLT intervention. He said that the Indu Group had invested huge amounts of money in Jagan Mohan Reddy’s companies in return for the lands given to them in Ananthapur.

While the cases are being probed by the CBI, the TDP leader wondered how Jagan Mohan Reddy could allow the lands to be given to private individuals. He wanted Jagan Mohan Reddy as chief minister to intervene and ensure that the lands are given to the original owners.

The TDP MLA said that the party would fight against the present move and protect the rights of the people. He also made an appeal to the people to support the Lepakshi park owners.