Telangana Minister Eatala Rajender demoted over assigned land grabbing row
Monday, 3 May 2021 (08:57 IST)
Hyderabad: A day after taking over the Medical and Health portfolio from Eatala Rajender, Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday night sacked Eatala from the state cabinet over assigned lands grabbing.
The 57-year-old Eatala was sacked from the Council of Minister following a preliminary report on assigned lands grabbing submitted to the government by the Medak district collector Hareesh.
On the advice of the Chief Minister, Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has dropped Eatala Rajender, Minister from the Council of Minister with immediate effect, according to a press communique received from Secretary to Governor K.Surendra Mohan.
On Saturday, the CM removed Eatala from the state Medical and Health portfolio and took over it following the land encroachments allegation leveled against him by the farmers from Achampet and Hakimpet villages in Medak District.
Within hours after receiving the complaint from the farmers, the Chief Minister on Friday ordered a probe into the allegations made by farmers that Eatala had encroached assigned lands for its Jamuna Hatchery firm owned by Eatala’s kin. (UNI)
