BRS Presses BJP to Apologize Over Telangana Map Omission and Enforce Temple Land Orders
The BRS has pressed police for a suo motu probe into 889.5 acres of Bhadrachalam land encroachment after demanding Prime Minister Modi apologize for a map that omitted Telangana.
Overview
- On July 10, Andhra BJP chief P.V.N. Madhav presented an “artistic” framed map depicting a unified Andhra Pradesh without Telangana, triggering BRS condemnation.
- BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao and MLC Dasoju Sravan have accused BJP leaders of undermining Telangana's statehood and have demanded a public apology and clarification from Prime Minister Modi.
- The party has called on Telangana police to initiate suo motu action under legal provisions against deliberate distortion of India’s constitutional boundaries.
- K.T. Rama Rao highlighted that 889.5 acres of Bhadrachalam temple land in Andhra Pradesh remain encroached despite a High Court order mandating restoration.
- Reports that temple Executive Officer L. Rama Devi was assaulted while attempting to halt illegal construction have intensified the BRS’s push for enforcement of court directives and accountability.