TG to reclaim assigned lands, redistribute among poor

STATING that the Congress government does not believe in enjoying power as a "status symbol", Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday said that the present dispensation is functioning with the vision of building a socially just Telangana where people live with dignity.

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He said that the government was also planning to reclaim assigned lands taken away by the BRS government and redistribute them among the poor.

The deputy CM was addressing the gathering after distributing awards to students of SC Welfare Residential Schools at Banjara Bhavan here in the city. He emphasised that the present government was not formed to serve feudal powers or evil forces but to serve people with dedication.

As per the SC/ST sub-plan, the government is not only allocating funds but ensuring that those funds are "utilised meticulously", Vikramarka said and added that this government has carried forward the sub-plan funds not utilised by the previous administration.

"Unlike the past regimes, including those in the undivided Andhra Pradesh, the current government is ensuring optimum utilisation of sub-plan funds.