Telangana Bhavan - A TV Channel Office

Former minister and Senior Congress leader Shabbir Ali has demanded the state government to reclaim the government land allotted to TRS at Banjara Hills for a party office, for misusing it by running a news channel from there.

In 2004, the state government has allotted one acre (4,840 square yard) of land to TRS to set up a party office, at a price of Rs 100 per square yard which is much lower than the market value. The market value at that time is around Rs 5,000 per square yard. This means TRS got the land in the posh area for just Rs 4.84 lakh, although the actual market price is around Rs 2.42 crore.

Now the Congress leaders were alleging that the TRS Chief KCR is planning to run a Telugu TV channel at the party office, which is a violation of rules. This land controversy will surely trouble KCR and his party leaders, as the date for by-elections in the region was approaching.