Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Harish Rao Challenges Congress Over Siddipet Land Allegations
Congress MPs visited land owned by Harish Rao in Siddipet and raised questions about it.
Harish Rao said the visit was meant to distract people from other public problems.
He said he bought the land in several parts between 2018 and 2024.
He also said an official survey checked the land boundaries.
According to him, the survey showed he had slightly less land than the amount registered.
He denied that the land had a fancy farmhouse or a road built by him.
He said the road was built by irrigation authorities after an older village road was submerged.
He challenged the Congress government to prove its allegations and said the BRS would continue raising public issues.
T. Harish Rao accused the Congress government of using an MPs’ visit to his Siddipet land to divert attention from public issues.
He said his 13.12-acre property was purchased in phases between 2018 and 2024 and offered to surrender it if any irregularity were proven.
Harish Rao said an official survey found him in possession of 13 acres and 10 guntas, two guntas less than the registered extent.
He denied claims that the property had a luxurious farmhouse or a personally constructed road.
He accused the Congress government of neglecting land-list, farmer-benefit, pending-project and farm-loan-waiver issues.
- Who
- BRS Assembly deputy floor leader T. Harish Rao, Congress MPs and the Congress government are involved in the dispute.
- What
- Harish Rao denied allegations concerning his agricultural property and criticized the Congress government’s handling of public issues.
- When
- The statements were made on Thursday; the land purchases occurred between 2018 and 2024.
- Where
- The disputed agricultural property is in Siddipet.
- Why
- Harish Rao said the Congress MPs’ land visit was intended to divert attention from issues including land transactions, welfare benefits, pending projects and farm-loan waivers.
Congress allegations
Harish Rao’s response
Land ownership and irregularities
Congress allegations
The Congress team visited Harish Rao’s agricultural land and raised charges concerning the property and its purchase.
Harish Rao’s response
Harish Rao said the land was purchased legally in phases and offered to hand over the entire property if any minor irregularity were proven.
Property structures and road
Congress allegations
Congress representatives alleged that the property contained a luxurious farmhouse and that Harish Rao personally laid a road to it.
Harish Rao’s response
Harish Rao denied both claims, saying there was not even a bathroom on the land and that irrigation authorities built the existing road after the village road was submerged.
Purpose of the land visit
Congress allegations
The Congress side conducted a visit to examine the land and press its allegations.
Harish Rao’s response
Harish Rao said the visit was politically motivated and intended to divert attention from public problems that the government should address.
- Property extent
- 13.12 acres, according to the registered extent cited by Harish Rao.
- Purchase period
- The property was purchased in phases between 2018 and 2024.
- Survey finding
- Harish Rao said the survey found him in possession of 13 acres and 10 guntas, two guntas less than the registered extent.
- Farmhouse claim
- Harish Rao denied that the agricultural land contained a luxurious farmhouse and said it did not even have a bathroom.
- Road dispute
- He said irrigation authorities laid the existing road after the original village road was submerged by the Ranganayakasagar project.
- Other issues raised
- He cited Section 22A prohibited land-list problems, difficulties with land transactions and welfare benefits, pending projects and delays in farm-loan waivers.
- Political challenge
- Harish Rao challenged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to prove allegations that former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao encroached on 300 acres of Dalit-assigned land.