UoH lands auction controversy: CM Revanth Reddy holds meeting with Ministers

With the University of Hyderabad land issue snowballing into a major controversy, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy held an emergency meeting with a few Cabinet Ministers at the Command Control Centre here on Tuesday.

The Ministers were informed about the meeting at short notice. Initially, many thought the meeting would be about cabinet expansion but the discussion was mostly about the University of Hyderabad land issue. Cutting across party lines, political parties are raising objections over the proposed auction of university lands at Kancha Gachibowli. Accordingly, affiliated organizations of a couple of parties organized different programmes in protest against the government’s plans.

In this context, the Chief Minister is learnt to



have discussed a few aspects with his cabinet colleagues. The focus was on how to counter the opposition parties’ narrative and win people’s confidence over the issue, sources said. The Chief Minister is also learnt to have issued a few specific instructions to a couple of his cabinet colleagues. Already, the Chief Minister’s Office has issued a detailed statement on the university land issue on Monday.

With the Chief Minister slated to fly to New Delhi later this evening, he is expected to brief the AICC leadership as well over the issue.

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and others attended the meeting.