Janasena President Pawan Kalyan and YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy both have strongly objected issuing notification for land acquisition from farmers of Vundavalli and other river front villages in the capital zone.

Responding to their protests, Minister for Municipal Administration Narayana has made a shocking announcement. He said that notification was issued for land acquisition without the knowledge of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. He said that he ordered the concerned officials to issue notification, keeping in view of urgency of collecting land from farmers for capital city. He said, however Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been opposing using of Land Acquisition Act on the farmers. Hence, he asked the officials to hold back the notification issued following suggestions from Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan. He said framers will not be forced to handover their lands to the government.

He said that he will personally visit those few villages and resolve the problem of ‘Grama Kantams.’ He said government will take lands only if the farmers are willing to give it on their own under land pooling system.

This unexpected twist given by the minister in the last leg of land acquisition is very surprising. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his party may definitely claim credit of this development. If, the government spares those few villages, then farmers of other villages also may ask for exclusion from this land acquisition process. Hence, it would be a very tricky situation and so the statement government has to handle this sensitive matter very carefully.