Land title distribution drive in Andhra failed to cover majority of the poor: CPI(M)

The government programme has turned the land patta distribution drive into an election campaign, says CPI(M) leader Ch. Babu Rao. | Photo Credit: File Photo

CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao has said that the ‘Pedalaku Pattabhishekam’ programme organised by the Andhra Pradesh government benefited only a small section of the poor, while leaving a majority disappointed.

“The government programme turned into an election campaign,” Mr. Babu Rao told the media on Thursday.

He claimed that of the 26,401 beneficiaries announced for Vijayawada, only 2,586, or about 9%, were newly identified beneficiaries, while the rest had received land titles earlier and were being issued documents again.

He alleged that even the 2,586 newly identified beneficiaries were given only information documents, indicating their eligibility, rather than registered title deeds.