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Polepally 13 put SEZ woes on national agenda జూన్ 14, 2008

Posted by Telangana Utsav in In News, Mahabubnagar, Telangana, elections, politics.
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livemint.com June 12, 2008
 
AP farmers highlight opposition to SEZ by fighting elections
 
13 cultivators contested polls to demonstrate their resentment at acquisition of their land by the government
 
C R Sukumar
 
 
Hyderabad: Mala Jangilamma is happy.
 
The 62-year-old and 12 other farmers who contested the recently held Jadcherla assembly by-elections lost so badly that they forfeited their security deposits. So, why is she so happy?
 
Jangilamma, Etti Peda Pentaiah, Depalli Yadaiah, Bandapalli Jangamma, Kanduru Mogulaiah, Kanduru Jangaiah and others lost the meagre land they owned — two to eight acres each — to make way for a special economic zone, or SEZ. “Victory or defeat was not the issue. I am elated we could draw the attention of people across the state to our struggle against the SEZ,” says Jangilamma.
 
Mala Jangilamma, who contested the elections, was one among the 350 families that have demanded their lands back. 
Earthy demands: Mala Jangilamma, who contested the elections, was one among the 350 families that have demanded their lands back.
 
The Andhra Pradesh government acquired 7.3 acres she owned in Polepally in Mahbubnagar district, which is part of the Jadcherla assembly constituency, to build an SEZ.
 
Jangilamma now works as a construction worker for Rs120 a day on the the same land where Hetero Drugs Ltd, a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm is building a factory.
 
The farmers say the government has short-changed them, and want their land back. They say they got between Rs18,000 and Rs50,000 for an acre for land that is available in the market for about Rs20 lakh per acre. (ఇంకా…)

Changing political scenario- Telangana TDP? జూన్ 14, 2008

Posted by bharath in In News, Telangana, elections, politics.
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TDP rocked by turmoil over Telangana
Indo Asian News Service
Last Updated: June 13, 2008 09:09:08

Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) Serious differences among senior leaders over the issue of separate statehood to the Telangana region has rocked the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Defying party president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s directive to all the leaders not to air their views publicly on the politically sensitive issue, another senior leader and former minister C. Muthyam Reddy Friday openly supported the demand for the separate state.

Muthyam Reddy has joined leaders like politburo member T. Devender Goud and party vice president G. Sukhender Reddy who publicly aired their views in support of separate Telangana.

A few days before the meeting of a core committee on the Telangana issue, the party is divided between those supporting the separate Telangana and those opposing it.

The open rift has come as a jolt to TDP at a time when the party was gearing up for next year’s elections and Naidu is busy on a state-wide ‘yatra’ or tour. The turmoil hit the party when it was celebrating the victory in the recent by-elections.

Regaining the lost ground in Telangana region, the party wrested one Lok Sabha and four assembly seats from the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) in the May 29 by-polls. (ఇంకా…)