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No More Lease!Selling the Lands Outright! GO No: 48 which gave powers to APIIC to sell lands to the companies on outright basis. Now APIIC can sell land to companies and government will have no say on the future use of the land With the objective to enable all his cronies to lay their hands on valuablegovernment lands in the state, the Chandrababu government had enhancedthe maximum lease period from present 33 years to 99 years. Not satisfiedwith this, with a malafide intention to give away lands to his cronies withabsolute freehold rights, he has brought the concept of 'outright' sale in tothe scene. In this guise of industrial promotion, Chandrababu government is forciblytaking away the lands of the poor farmers and selling them off to businesscorporates for kickbacks. By using the Andhra Pradesh IndustrialInfrastructure Corporation (APIIC), the government is gifting the lands atdead cheap prices. Chandrababu has issued a GO, which enabled the APIIC tosell off the lands to companies on an outright basis, instead of giving them onthe lease. This was how the government shifted its stands. First, the stategovernment has accepted to lease lands for 99 years for the tourism projects.This was notified through the new industrial policy of the state. Then thegovernment announced on April 29, 2015, that the meeting of the StateInvestment Promotion Board, which was presided over by the Chief Minister,could deliberate the idea of selling off the lands to the companies on anoutright basis. In the meeting, some the industrialists complained the CM Emperor of Corruption 53

that it was difficult to start projects in the state unless the land was sold on anoutright basis. After listening to their complaint, Chandrababu wasted no time. He tooka decision to sell the lands to companies on outright basis instead of leasingthem. This decision was approved by the state cabinet on April 2, 2016. Asseveral senior bureaucrats including Chief Secretary opposed this proposal,the CM amended the Industrial Policy itself. The meeting of EmpoweredCommittee of the Secretaries, which was chaired by the Chief Secretary, alsoopposed this decision. However, Chandrababu government proceeded onthis decision by issuing GO No. 48. Industrialists Queue Up for Lands The APIIC has gone berserk once the government has issued the GO No.48, which has enabled the corporation to sell the lands to companies on anoutright basis. In Kakinada, it sold off the 1,563 acres of land, which has earlierallocated to a company, to the same company. Now, the company wants no-tabs-attached registration for the land. The APIIC also sold 69.56 acres of land to four cell phone companies at therate of Rs. 20 lakh per acre. It sold 19.28 acres to a cell phone company, 15acres to another company, another 15 acres to another company and another19.28 acres of to another industrial group. In Gudivalli village of Anantapurdistrict, APIIC sold 25 acres of land at Rs. 10 lakh rate on an outright basis. In Kurnool district, the government earlier allocated 623 acres of land to acompany for the purpose of establishment food processing park. Now, thatcompany is also demanding for outright sale. A high official confirmed thatthe government is going to sell the land to the company. According to theofficials, now several companies are making a beeline for the lands in AndhraPradesh. Farmers Lands for Sale! A higher official expressed concern about the way the state governmentis selling off the farmers' land. Even according to SEZ Act, the lands shall beleased to business houses, but, now Chandrababu government is selling thelands that are acquired from the farmers at cheaper prices. This could turninto a huge problem in years to come as the government won't have anycontrol over the future use of the land and the companies can very muchconvert the land into real estate or any other purpose. Generally, companies can have the absolute right over the land only whenthey buy in the open market. However, the Chandrababu government madetheir life easy by acquiring the lands at cheaper prices from farmers misusingAPIIC and selling them off. This is a design of Chandrababu's government togive away as many valuable lands in the state as possible to his cronies so thatthey can make huge money, for eventual kickbacks.54 Emperor of Corruption

Babu’s Extravagance Costs the State Rs. 807 Crore Chandrababu Naidu is a byword for extravagance. He started spendingthe tax payer's money from the day one of his coming into power. He startedit by using charter planes for his oath-taking ceremony and since then henever stopped his mindless spending spree. Chandrababu always express concern about the financial hardships thatthe new state is facing, however, on the other hand, he spends money likewater. He has been spending crores of rupees on renovating the temporaryCM offices in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and residential buildings in both thecities. He has a luxury bus and a convoy of brand new cars, which even thecountry's Prime Minister doesn't have. It seems Chandrababu thinks unmindful spending of government moneyis his birthright and his extravagance knows no limit. Irrespective of the need,he has been appointing consultants for various tasks and paying them heftilywhile this seems to be the easiest way to share the kickbacks. He also spenthundreds of crores on event managements and multiple groundbreakingceremonies. He is the only CM to use charter flights to come to Delhi or eventravel to Vijayawada or Vizag or Hyderabad or even foreign trips.Following is the list of some of his profligate spending-On Charter Planes Rs. 30 croreOn CM office in Hyderabad (7&8th Floors, L-Block, Secretariat) Rs. 14.63 croreOn CM office in Hyderabad (H-Block, Secretariat) Rs. 6.29 croreLake View Guest House (Hyderabad) Rs. 9.47 croreFurniture in Different Office's of CM Rs. 10 croreOn Madinaaguda Farmhouse and rented houses in Jubilee Hills Rs. 4.37 croreIrrigation Guest House and CM Camp Office, Vijayawada Rs. 42 croreOn the Special Bus Rs. 5.50 croreOn Groundbreaking Ceremony of the New Capital City Rs. 100 croreOn Travels of the Officials between Hyderabad and Vijayawada Rs. 120 croreOn Foreign Consultants Rs. 150 croreOn Temporary Secretariat Rs. 300 croreOn the Master Plan of the Capital City Rs. 15 croreTotal Rs. 807.26 crore Emperor of Corruption 55

The GO that allocated the Rs. 10.20 crore for renovation of the CM’s Camp Office in Vijayawada Chandrababu Naidu has spent a total of Rs. 44.76 crore onthe refurbishing of CM offices in three places in Hyderabadsecretariat and another Rs. 42 crore on similar facilities inIrrigation Guest House and CM Camp Office in Vijayawada. Thestate officials are at a loss why the government had to spendsuch whopping amounts on repairs while new buildings couldbe built with that money. The GO that allocated Rs. 4.46 crore for fixing the electrical appliances in the L Block of AP Secretariat in Hyderabad56 Emperor of Corruption

❖ Ever since Chandrababu Naidu became the Chief Minister, he spent Rs. 736 crore on various expenses. He has created a record sorts in travelling on special charter planes. Probably, there is no other Chief Minister in the country who had made such a through use of charter planes. Whether the destination is Delhi, Hyderabad or a district headquarter, Chandrababu travels only in special planes! Until February 2016, the Finance Department paid Rs. 15 crore for plane charge dues and another Rs. 15 crore paid later. The GO that allocated the Rs. 10 crore for upgradation of 7th and 8th Floors of L-Block in AP Secretariat in Hyderabad❖ The Chief Minster spent Rs. 10 crore on Lake View Guest House, Rs.5.87 crore on Madinaaguda Farmhouse and rented houses in Jubilee Hills.❖ In another record of sorts, Chandrababu conducted the groundbreaking ceremony of Amaravati city thrice. For the temporary arrangements of these festivities, he spent another Rs. 100 crore!❖ So far Andhra Pradesh government has paid Rs. 120 crore as travel allowance and dearness allowance to the officials who have been commuting between Hyderabad and Vijayawada.❖ The government spent Rs. 150 crore only on preparing documents for the new capital. It paid another Rs. 15 crore to Singapore based consultant for preparing the Master Plan of the city.❖ A lavish bus with a price tag of Rs. 5.50 crore was purchased for the tours of CM in the state, which is in addition to the charter planes.❖ For the preparation of Vision 2029 document, the state government Emperor of Corruption 57

has entered into an agreement with Ernest and Young at a cost of Rs.12.62 crore. Strangely, the government has paid mobilization advance of Rs. 1.12 crore to the consultancy. The mobilization advance is generally paid in civil contracts.What if there was no Extravagance? The answer is simple. Andhra Pradesh could have got a permanentSecretariat with that money. The new state so far has no permanentbuilding for its Secretariat. Chandrababu Naidu has recently startedconstructing a temporary secretariat building and he is spending Rs. 300crore on it. If he could control his unnecessary spending, he could havebuilt a permanent, world-class secretariat building. 58 Emperor of Corruption

From 2 Acres to Super Riches! This is How Chandrababu Made his Fortunes Chandrababu Naidu was born in a lower-middle-class family andinherited only 2 acres of land. He was in politics right from his universitydays and got elected as an MLA in 1978. His political career continuedever since. As a result, for a continuous period from 1978 until today, hehad no source of income other than his political career and meagreincome from his land holding. Despite such modest beginning of only 2 acres of land and no gainfuloccupation, Chandrababu achieved an astonishing financial success andtoday he owns a company worth thousands of crores of rupees! However,the way he made this fortune is a great mystery. A close examination ofhis possible income sources gives us a glimpse into his riches. Emperor of Corruption 59

Positions and Sources of Income Since 1978, Chandrababu held the following positions.➤ In 1978, he was elected as an MLA from Chandragiri constituency on behalf of Congress party. During this time, his monthly salary was Rs. 350.➤ Between December 1980 and February 1981, he served as Animal Husbandry Minister.➤ Between February 1981 and February 1982, he served as Cinematography Minister.➤ Between February 1982 and January 1983, he held three portfolios including Ground Water, Minor Irrigation and Technical Education.➤ During his tenure as a minister, he earned a monthly salary of Rs. 2500. In 1983, he was defeated in A news clip showing the self-declaration ofthe election. Going by his known family assets of Chandrababu in Assemblysources of income, his income in 1999. He presented a conservative valuewould not have crossed Rs. 1 of Rs. 4 crore for his assetslkah. From 1983 to 1989, as per the affidavit filed by Chandrababu Naiduin the AP High Court in 1998, his annual income was Rs. 36,000 and madea total of Rs. 2,16,000 in these six years. Heritage Turn Chandrababu promoted a company named Heritage Foods (India)Pvt. Ltd. in 1992. On October 10, 2004, he declared in the prospectus ofHeritage Foods Company that he indulged in no industry or businessactivity between 1983 and 1988. This means there was no additional ofsource of income other than his agricultural income between 1983 and1988, according to his own declaration and yet he promoted Heritage60 Emperor of Corruption

Foods in 1992.Today, Heritage is worth a fewthousand crores and present inentire South India, in Tamil Nadu,Karnataka, Kerala and AndhraPradesh. The company alsoextended its operations toMaharashtra and Delhi. Thesurprising aspect is that HeritageFoods profits gallop whenChandrababu Naidu is in powerand not so when he is not inpower. So much so to histransparency that he has theaudacity to buy his own productsto his government without tendersas seen in Chandranna Kanuka A portion of self-declaration of familyscheme. assets by Chandrababu before the Election Commission The profits of Heritage are verymuch linked to Babu's political fortunes. The Heritage Foods earned thenet profit of Rs. 17 crore in 2004-05, the year Babu lost his power. With this,Heritage also lost power and announced Rs. 10 crore net profits in 2005-06. This has further come down to Rs. 1.7 crore in 2007-08. Since then, thecompany has run into losses. In 2009-10, the company declared Rs. 35crore net loss. Finally, the company fortunes have revived in 2013. Thiswas allegedly because of the peace Chandrababu purchased with thenAP Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar by extending his political support to thelatter's weak government. In fact during the \"No Confidence\" motionpassed then, Chandrababu, even though being the main oppositionparty, supported Kiran Kumar's government by issuing a whip. In a 294-seat AP Assembly, the halfway mark was 148 but Kiran's governmentsurvived the \"No Confidence\" motion even though it secured only 146seats, two short of the majority. Thanks to Babu's whip, 15 MLAs weredisqualified; 9 from Congress and 6 from TDP, who voted against theirparties in favour of no confidence. This resulted in Heritage Foodsannouncing a net profit of Rs. 45 crore in 2014-15. Emperor of Corruption 61

With this it is evident that the profits of Heritage are always linked toBabu's political fortunes. This should speak about the way Chandrababumade the political power as the major source of his revenue.Leader ofDisproportionateAssetsDespite the limited sources ofincome, not getting any propertyfrom his father-in-law N. T. RamaRao and continuous losses forHeritage Foods company, thefortunes of Chandrababu havegrown continuously anddisproportionately. Following aresome of the assets acquired byChandrababu Naidu at differentpoints of his political career. Theway he acquired them alsodemonstrates his modus operandi.➤ Chandrababu bought 65 acres A document of self-declaration of family of land in Nellore district in assets by Chandrababu Naidu before the 1985, when he was doing Election Commission 2009nothing and depending on agricultural income.➤ Soon after, he purchased another 250 acres in the same district in thesame year. These lands included government and assigned lands.➤ Though Chandrababu participated in no industry or business activitybetween 1983 and 1989, as per declaration of assets in 1999, heannounced the assets worth Rs. 7.83 crore. However, his declaredsources of income during this period were - annual agriculturalincome of Rs. 36,000 and monthly remuneration of Rs. 20,000 as thedirector of Heritage Foods. This was surely a massive and inexplicablegap!➤ In 2000, Naidu's mother Ammannemma, who had only 2 acres land,bought 5 acres of land (Survey No: 59) in Madinaguda of Hyderabad,which is the heart of the city. She also bought another plot of 1,135 sq.yards of land in upmarket Banjara Hills near Hitec City for mere Rs. 4062 Emperor of Corruption

lakh. She transferred both the undervalued pieces of real estate to hergrandson Nara Lokesh a year later.➤ From 600 acres earmarked for the IT development, ChandrababuNaidu granted 7 acres of land in Kondapur to a benami companynamed Divyasree Soft TechRealtors Pvt. Ltd.➤ Babu also gave selective leaksabout the developmentproposal of Hitec City to a fewcronies and caused hundredsof crores of rupees loss to theinnocent farmers andlandowners who ought tohave benefitted from thisdevelopment. Chandrababu isusing the same modusoperandi in distributingAmaravati, the present Capitalcity of Andhra Pradesh.There are several other mediareports about the assets ofChandrababu Naidu in India andabroad, including in Singaporeand Malaysia. He is a politicianwho always used his political Gift deed executed by Ammannemma,power to grow his personal mother of Chandrababu Naidu, in favourfortunes. His art of abusing the of Nara Lokeshpublic office for private gain is monumental. There is no surprise that hecould become a billionaire politician today despite coming from a veryordinary background. Emperor of Corruption 63

Scams Between 1995-2004 Chandrababu Previous Regime Chandrababu in1978 had only 2 acres ofland and now hasthousands of crores (ofrupees) in 'Heritage'spread across sevenstates. Whenever Babuis in power, Heritageprofits shoot up whileall other dairies mightbe running in losses.An examination ofHeritage profits has astory to tell! In 2004-05,the year Babu losthis power, Heritage earned the net profit of Rs. 17 crore. From this yearonwards, Heritage also lost power. It announced Rs. 10 crore net profits in2005-06. The net profit has further come down to Rs. 1.7 crore in 2007-08.Since then, the company has run into losses. In 2009-10, the companydeclared Rs. 35 crore net loss. Finally, the company fortunes have revivedin 2013. This was allegedly because of the peace Chandrababu purchasedwith the then AP Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar by extending his politicalsupport Kiran Kumar Reddy's weak government. Allegedly Chandrababubenefitted a lot from this arrangement. In 2014-15, Heritage announcedRs. 45 crore net profits! Ever since, its profits are continously growing. Chandrababu is a politician who always used is political power togrow his personal fortunes. The nine-year rule of Chandrababu Naidubetween 1995 and 2004 is an embodiment of corruption. He gifted awaylands and contracts to his confidants, benamis and party men despitewidespread criticism. He branded the public sector units as mad dogs and64 Emperor of Corruption

then killed them. The assets of these units were sold to his stooges atcheaper prices. He converted watershed and work guarantee schemes asthe major sources of income of his party cadre. During his tenure as an adhoc Chief Minister before the 2004 Assembly elections, he allocated 800acres of land of the University of Hyderabad to a company called IMGBharat. This allocation was later cancelled by Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’sgovernment. After Chandrababu decided to build the Hitec City at Madhapur, hetipped off Murali Mohan, now TDP MP from Rajahamundry, about itslocation. Murali Mohan bought all the lands he could around that areaand developed several real estate ventures. Chandrababu using same themodus operandi in the case of Amaravati and making several times moremoney. In liquor purchases too, he bent rules to benefit three companies.According to a report of Vigilance Department, the state lost Rs. 600 crorebetween 1995 and 2004 because of the policies of Chandrababu Naidu.There was not even a single project that was awarded without acceptingcommissions during his first spell. From the day one, Chandrababu has been gifting away the lands to hisfriends, confidants, party men, benamis and stooges. Despite the resistancefrom opposition parties, he allocated golf course land in Manikonda and 534acres land to EMR Properties. Though there was no need, he gave away17,434 acres of land to industrialists during his tenure and its value is aboutRs. 1.60 lakh crore. Public Sector Ruined If you want to kill a dog, first brand it a mad one and then kill it.Chandrababu applied this formula and killed several public sectorenterprises in the state successfully. He first made them sick and then soldthem away at throwaway prices. While the value of lands of HyderabadAllwyn was Rs. 150 crore, Chandrababu sold it away for just Rs. 3 crore. Healso ripped off Nizam Sugars, which offered a supporting system to thefarmers of Nizamabad district since Nizam’s times. In all, he sold the publicsector units worth of Rs. 636 crore for Rs. 203 crore. According to someofficials who worked in government, he pocketed a good amount of themoney from these transactions. Emperor of Corruption 65

Scams List - 1995 to 2004Scam Worth in Rs. (in Crores)Counterfeit Stamps Scam 5000Deposits in Urban Banks that were Closed 2000Watershed Scheme Scandal 2000Gains from Water and You Scheme 1600Liquor Policy Favouritism 600Food for Work Scheme Scandal 560Sale of lands of Public Sector Units 400Land allocated for Tourism Projects 350Somasila Lands Scam 112Yeleru Scam 100Scholarships Scam 100Land allocation to cement factory in Vijayawada55Land allocation to Rahejas in Madhapur 50Timers’ Scam 30Chief Minister’s Relief Fund 1066 Emperor of Corruption

Details of Land GiftingCompany Land Worth in Rs. (in acres) (in Crores)Shamshabad Airport 5500 79860IMG Bharath 850 16456EMR Properties 535 10367Beachsand Trimex 1700 10000Vizag Pharma City 2143 10372Krishnapatnam Port 2000 9680Gangavaram Port 1800 8712Raheja Group 109 280Agakhan Foundation 100 1936Kakinada Port 354 1713Hitec City (All Phases) 80 1548IVRCL 50 968Microsoft 42 813Wipro 30 580Computer Associates 30 580Malaysia Township 35 508Maheswaram Hardware Park 18 348Madhapur IT Park 9 174Singapore Township 80 193Dabur 1000 100Orient Cements 820 8Total 17,285 1,55,196 Emperor of Corruption 67

Corruption in the Sale of PSUsCompany Market Value Sold Value Rs. (in Crores)Allwyn Sanathnagar Unit 150 3 16Republic Forge Company 30 55 22.50Nizam Sugars 120 21.45 10Madhuranagar Sugar Ltd. 40 9Lachhayyapet Sugar Mill 40Montojapally Distillery 18Chagallu Distillery 20Co-operative MillsHanuman Junction Sugars 30 11.4 6.01Nandyal Sugars 20 3.3Palakollu Sugars 10 5.27Gurajala Sugars 14 8 4.59Hindupur Sugars 20 8Inkollu Cotton Mill 30 12.23Adilabad Cotton Mill 12 7.50Nellore Cotton Mill 32 203.35Edlapadu Cotton Mill 50Total 59668 Emperor of Corruption

What a man Chandrababu Naidu Could Be! These are opinions expressed by the important leaders and parties of Andhra Pradesh on different occasions.Babu is a Honeyed Sword Chandrababu is a cheat, honeyed sword,modern Aurangzeb, a traitor worse than godse, apowermonger who killed democracy, he is worsethan a beast and a snake that entered into an antmound. I have never imagined that this gentlemanwould backstab me for political power. However,he did not backstab me alone, it is a backstab to the people, to the voteof people, to the democracy that is trusted by the people and to the idealsand goals of the people. You know how does it sound when thisgentleman says he would continue NTR policies? He seems to have beenoutsmarted godse who first greeted Gandhi with folded hands and thenshot him with a pistol. This is shameful. Unpardonable crime! - N.T. Rama Rao, Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.Chandrababu is Main Culprit in Yeleru ScamBJP Book 'Udayakamalam' released in February 1997 \"Though the entire Yeleru Scam appears tohave happened at the hands of Swami andPotinaidu, however, a close observation reveals usthat it could take place silently for such a long timedue to the support extended by Chandrababu andhigher officials. If investigation goes a bit further,the role of Chandrababu Naidu will also becomepublic. That's why all the care is being taken toensure to limit the investigation. Moreover, Chandrababu Naidu'sintention can be easily made out from the way he responded and orderedthe probe.➤ BJP made it clear in 1997 that Chandrababu was the main culprit in the Yeleru lands scam. It published a book titled \"Aviniti Eerulai Parina Emperor of Corruption 69

Yeleru Scam\" in February 1997 as part of the Udayakamalam series.➤ The BJP published another book titled \"Praja Courtlo Charge Sheetu\" on 100 wrongs of Chandrababu. The book held that it was the attitude of Babu to speak differently in pre and post-election times.Babu Reign is full of Corruption CPM Published \"Babu Jamana, Aviniti Khazana\" The Communist Party of India (Marxist), whichwas the erstwhile alliance partner of TDP,published a book titled \"Babu Jamana, AvinitiKhazana\" saying that there was a corruptionallegation every day and scam every month.Nothing Cannot be Corrupted in Babu Rule! - The then CPI (M) state secretary B.V. Raghavulu in the forward of the book Babu Jamana- Aviniti Khazana. \"This is the method of Telugu Desam Party. They yellout that they won't tolerate corruption and acts as ifthey are caught a cold even when the ministers and theMLAs are stinking with the corruption. There is nothing that cannot becorrupted under TDP rule. They have even swallowed the rice that ismeant to feed the poor during the famine.\" We Stand by Our Word Even Today - CPI (M) Telangana State Secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram on April 17, 2014. \"We don't change our word every day. We tell the same thing in 2014 that we have told in 2003. There was a lot of corruption during Chandrababu's regime. We have also given full evidence to his corruption is ourbook (Babu Jamana- Aviniti Khazana). If everything was fine duringChandrbabu's reign, why was he sent to the opposition role. At least nowthe truth has to come out. The culprits have to be booked. At least nextgovernment must investigate into his corruption.70 Emperor of Corruption



Democracy in Danger! After acquiring the ill-gotten money, Chandrababu Naidu has brazenly started luring the MLAs from YSRCP. If they join TDP, they are paid a minimum of Rs. 20 to Rs. 30 crore, the lure of ministerial berths to MLAs, who got elected on YSRCP B Form and symbol. Chandrababu government has so far poached 17 out 67 YSRCP MLAs. Such blatant display of ill-gotten money is not being questioned while the \"Anti Defection Law\" which is part of our Constitution is being mocked at in broad daylight and yet our democracy remains silent. The TDP is conveying a direct message to the opposition MLAs- 'If you are with us, there is heaven or else you are in hell'. So far, as many as 17 MLAs and one MLC have openly defected to TDP lured by money and power and what is worse is that the Chief Minister and his colleagues in cabinet are giving statements that they would welcome all the YSRCP MLAs Bhooma Nagi Reddy, Bhooma Akhila Priya, Jaleel Khan, Adinarayana Reddy and MLC Narayana Reddy being inducted into TDP by Chandrababu Naidu at CM Camp Office in Vijayawada on February 22, 201672 Emperor of Corruption

MLAs of the YSRCP with open arms while assuring them thatthey would not be disqualified.To intimidate the opposition MLAs, making a mockery ofdemocracy once again as it was never done in the past, theyare being deprived of the constituency development funds.The Chief Minister has suspended the ConstituencyDevelopment Fund and releasing funds for the officialworks in Assembly Constituencies from the SpecialDevelopment Fund. These funds are also being grantedeither to TDP MLAs or TDP constituency in-charges in theconstituencies where the TDP candidates were defeated in the previous election. Surprisingly, the government is directly issuing GOs on the names of TDP leaders showing them as the constituency in- charges of the ruling Telugu Desam Party, while denying constituency development funds to the elected MLAs from YSRCP. Chandrababu is known for YSRCP Badvel MLA Thiriveddi Jayaramulu his direct role in the Cash forJoining TDP in Presence of CM Chandrababu Vote case that took place in May Naidu in Vijayawada on February 29, 2016 2015. In the recently concludedelection to the Telangana Legislative Council, which wereheld in June 2015, with an intention to get his nomineeelected though TDP lacked the required majority,Chandrababu Naidu stooped down to such a heinous levelwhich is unbecoming of a political leader let alone a ChiefMinister. Emboldened by the abundant ill-gotten moneyamassed through corruption, he tried to purchase an Anglo-Indian MLA by offering crores of money. In this process, hewas caught red-handed in audio and video tapes. To comeout of this Cash for Vote case, he had compromised with the Emperor of Corruption 73

Telangana Chief Minister by mortgaging the interests ofAndhra Pradesh thus causing irreparable damage to thestate.When YSRCP tried to raise these issues in the Assembly,the party MLAs were suspended and threatened incomplete violation of Business Rules. The Hon'ble Ministerfor Legislative Affairs says that Business Rules have no value.Citing the provisions of Art 212 of the Constitution, he saysthat no court can call into question any act in the assemblyif it is in gross violation of rules and constitutional principlesof natural justice. In the just concluded Budget session of 2016, when YSRCP gave notice for the No Confidence Motion against the Council of Ministers, the item was taken up immediately giving the opportunity to the defectors to say that they had no time to follow the whip. Similarly, when the YSRCP gave notice for Removal ofYSRCP MLA from Yerragondapalem Palaparti David Speaker 71(1) of The Procedure Raju Joining TDP in Presence Of CM Chandrababu and Conduct of Business in the A P Legislative Assembly read Naidu in Vijayawada in February 28, 2016with Article 179 (C) of the Constitution of India, theSpeaker took up the matter for discussion on the same dayof notice by suspending the Rules. While Article 179 (C) ofthe Constitution clearly specifies that no discussion onremoval of Speaker can take place without lapsing 14 cleardays. The Assembly Business Rules are subordinate to theConstitution, despite which it was flouted with impunity,just to protect the defectors from the whip. Yet anotherinstance is the division vote on the Appropriation Bill 2016.The opposition YSRCP gave advance intimation to the74 Emperor of Corruption

Speaker that it was opposing the Appropriation Bill anddemanded a division vote, despite which the Bill wasdeclared passed by voice vote and without division inspiteof our protest and asking. We wonder whether there is anyrule of law in the State?The Parliament enacted the Anti Defection Law by wayof 52nd Constitutional amendment in 1985, which addedthe Tenth Schedule to the Constitution with the main intentto curb the evil of political defections motivated by the lureof office or other similar considerations which endanger thefoundations of our democracy. Not satisfied with the functioning of the Tenth Schedule, the Parliament amended the law by way of 91st Constitutional Amendment in 2003 removing the exemption available to bulk defections constituting one-third legislators of a political party. Now, even if 100% of Members of a Legislative Party defect to another political party, all suchYSRCP Jaggampet MLA Jyotula Nehru Joining TDP members have to be in Presence of AP CM Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada on April 4, 2016. disqualified, unless the original political parties decideto merge. Despite such a tough law, the Anti-Defection Lawis being flouted with impunity day in and day out by ourstate assembly.As many as 12 out of the 15 elected MLAs belonging toTDP have crossed over to ruling TRS at different periods oftime in the present house. One of them was even made aMinister in Telangana. No action has been taken by theTelangana assembly in pursuance of the provisions of TenthSchedule so far. All of a sudden, the Speaker Sri S.Madhusudana Chary on March 10, 2016, merged the 12 Emperor of Corruption 75

Telugu Desam MLAs who have defected to the TRS in TRS asthey constituted more than two-thirds of TDP Legislativestrength in the Assembly and, according to him, this did notinvite anti-defection provisions.This is a strange ruling!While TDP supremo shouted a hundred times fromrooftops about the blatant violation and inaction on thepart of the Speaker of Telangana Assembly in recent events,he himself has started the same unethical andunconstitutional act of encouraging defections from YSRCPto TDP by admitting 17 YSRCP MLAs and one MLC with agreat fanfare on February 22, 2016. The ruling TDP is openly talking about masterminding some more defections with the ill-gotten wealth and lure for ministerial berths, without any sense of remorse. There should be a national debate on this unethical and unconstitutional behavior of political parties. It is high time to remove the powers of the YSRCP MLA Sujaya Krishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili in Speaker to decide on members'Vizianagaram district being inducted into TDP by the defections and transfer it to the scope of the Election AP CM Chandrababu Naidu on April 20, 2016Commission with a specific time limit of three months forthe disposal of all anti-defection cases from the date of thecomplaint. The process shall also be fully transparent, whichmeans the stakeholders can access the information of thecases in a hassle-free manner. Such changes to Anti-Defection Law alone can save the democracy from itspresent plight.76 Emperor of Corruption



Important Abbreviations and ConceptsAP: Andhra PradeshAPZ: Agricultural Protection ZoneGPA: General Power of AttorneyCRDA: Capital Region Development AuthorityBJP: Bharatiya JanataPartyIGRS: Information Gathering and Retrieval SystemTDP: Telugu Desam PartyYSRCP: Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress PartyPoramboke Lands: These lands are not assessed to revenue records and are for publicAssigned Lands: usage. When government vacatesLanka Lands: people who were making use of those lands until then, they wouldn’t beJirayath Lands: entitled to any compensation.Jaribu Lands: These are the land holdings that were assigned to the farmers from the SC, ST and other weaker sections. These owners can have limited rights and cannot sell them. These are riverbed lands or those abetting the river and are cultivable most of the year. These were allocated mostly to the SC and ST families and they have become their sole source of livelihood ever since the allocation. The Jirayath lands are basically Drylands and cultivation on these lands are largely dependent on rainfall. This is another name for the lands that have an assured source of irrigation water.78 Emperor of Corruption

Amaravati A World Class City or A World Class Scam? Amaravati- the new Capital city of Andhra Pradesh-is supposed to bea global city of 21st century. However, today it has become a synonymto a scandal of global standards thanks to the Chief Minister of the state,N. Chandrababu Naidu. In the name of development of a world-classCapital city, a world-class real estate scandal worth Rs. 1 lakh crore hastaken place. Chandrababu breached the oath of secrecy as he revealedthe details of the location of the capital city to the members of his coteriebefore making it public and this amounts to \"Insider trading\". After disclosing the Capital city location his cronies and benamis, theTDP government has made concerted efforts to bring down the value oflands in Amaravati region so that their men could buy them at cheaperprices. To achieve this object, the government with the help of its mediafriends propagated two areas as the prospective locations of the capitalcity viz.-Nuzvid and Nagarjuna University areas. Fooled by thepropaganda, people flocked to these areas to buy lands. As a result, theland value in Amaravati region came down overnight. Seizing themoment, the cronies of Chandrababu, his ministers, MLAs, MPs andleaders of his party bought lands in the Amaravati region at throwawayprices duping the local farmers. The declaration of Capital city locationcame on December 28, 2014, only after completion of land purchases bythe cronies of Babu, tantamounts to \"Insider trading\" breaching \"Oath ofSecrecy\". This scandal has been brought out by \"Sakshi\" daily with irrefutableproofs. In the name of land pooling, the government grabbed the fertileand multi-crop lands of the farmers, while sparing the lands belonging tohis cronies. In return, the farmers were supposed to get the paltry extentof residential and commercial plots in their own villages. Now, there is noclue as to when and where these plots would be given. Though the CMspared the lands of his men and their benamis, he didn't do that withouta reason, he received huge quid pro quo benefits for his generosity. Chief Minister did not stop with this; he has \"zoned\" the entire twodistricts and suppressed the rates of the lands that fall \"AgriculturalProtection Zones\" to create demand for the lands of his cronies. Landsbelonging to his cronies were marked in real estate zones while otherswere in \"Agri Zones\" There is no end to such stories of open corruptionby Chandrababu Naidu. Though experts are of the opinion that 5000-acre land is enough to build the new Capital, Chandrababu insists ongathering 34,000 acres of private land for the city. He is doing so with apurpose - he is taking the lands from the ordinary farmers and handingthem over to private players on the settlement basis. Thus, he turned theCapital city development into a world-class real estate scandal and asham. Emperor of Corruption 79

A City Under Seize! CM Chandrababu leaked vital information on Capital city location to his cronies and party men Nara Lokesh, his confidants and TDP leaders benefitted to the tune of Rs. 1,00,000 crore The government is doing real estate business with the lands of farmers❖ Under the guise of building a world-class Capital city, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is running a real estate business while misleading the actual location, he leaked the information on actual location of the Capital city to his coterie and helped them accumulate lands worth at least Rs. 1 lakh crore at the cost of fortunes of other ordinary people. From his swearing-in on June 8, 2014, till the date of announcement (December 28, 2014) of the new Capital, the lands were being procured by his cronies. Isn't this insider trading or breach of oath of secrecy?❖ Even before an official statement was made about the location of the Capital city, the CM's stooges and their benamis bought large extents of land in this region. While benami registrations are only a tip of the iceberg, you will find many more of these sale transactions as registered GPAs as well, when thoroughly probed.❖ Showing the CM's bias for his cronies very clearly, the lands of his cronies were not taken into \"land pooling\" while the lands of other farmers were taken by hook or crook. Land pooling only gave paltry extents of plots to the owners. For instance, in the case of Lingamaneni Estate and Ramakrishna Constructions, the Chief Minister first sent a police official to threaten them that their projects included assigned lands, hence, their projects could be confiscated and used for land The note issued by the Water Resources Department which shows that the Lingamaneni guest house was constructed in violation of River Conservation Act80 Emperor of Corruption

pooling. While Lingamaneni Group purchased 804.32 acres, Ramakrishna Constructions bought 179.51 acres. The owners of both the groups compromised with the CM and got his protection from the land pooling. In a similar fashion, the CM also benefitted the ruling party MLA Kommalapati Sridhar by exempting his 43-acre real estate venture from land pooling for the reasons best known to him.❖ Chandrababu always brags that his 'land pooling' scheme is a completely voluntary process. He has decided to pool a total of 53,743.49 acres for the construction of the Capital city on the 29 villages located in Thullur, Tadepalle and Mangalagiri mandals. Out of this, 15,010.03 acres are assigned and government lands and remaining 38,737.46 acres of land was to be collected from the farmers. To this effect, the AP government issued a GO on January 1, 2015.❖ The cronies of Chandrababu have propagated that the government would take the assigned and lanka (riverbed) lands from the present owners without paying any compensation. These lands were allocated, long back, to the people belonging to SC, ST and BC communities. The government officials informed the public that the government could 'take back' the lands without any compensation as they were once given at free of cost. Scared by the propaganda, the owners of 1,843 acres of assigned land and 1,514 acres of lanka (riverbed) land sold their lands to TDP leaders at cheaper rates. Once these transactions were concluded, the TDP government came up with a generous compensation package for these lands in February 2016, fourteenThe AP Government orders issued on The Government orders issued on January 1, 2015, which stated that February 17, 2016, specifying the assigned lands would be pooled compensation for assigned lands after the conclusion of land deals by under land pooling process. TDP realtors Emperor of Corruption 81

months after the first announcement.❖ It costs Rs. 30 lakh for layout development for an acre of land evenaccording to the internationalstandards. About 3000 sq. yard canbe developed on each acre.However, the government is pro-viding the paltry extent of 1000-yard residential plot and 200/450-yard commercial plot as per acrecompensation to the farmers.❖ Cronies of Chandrababu who haveprocured land have also beenfavoured by 'Zoning'. Chandrababu's cronies have come underreal estate zone facilitating theirreal estate activities while other The draft policy guidelines of thefarmers lands in the two districts CRDA that classified the Capital cityhave been pushed to \"Agri Zone-1\"to create demand for his cronies' lands into different zoneslands. While APZ-1 has a heavy agricultural tilt, the APZ-2 is going tohost Future Urbanised Developable Area. In APZ-3, every activity in theproposed urban area is allowed. TDP leaders and their benamis havebought about 10,000 acres of land in APZ-3 and proposed urban areaeven before they were zoned as seen in the picture with dots. Agriculture Zone - 1 Agriculture Zone - 2 Agriculture Zone - 3 Present Urban Area Proposed Urban Area Proposed Industrial Area Dots represent the lands of cronies of CM82 Emperor of Corruption

The Devil in Detail Amaravati- the new Capital city of Andhra Pradesh state - issupposed to be a global city of 21st century. However, today it has become a synonym to a scandal of global standardsthanks to the Chief Minister of the state N. Chandrababu Naidu. The multilayered scam began as heads of the government began to ’leak’ false information to media about the prospective location of the new Capital. This misinformation campaign was aimed at misguiding the people. The scandal was hatched and incubated by the Chief MinisterChandrababu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and a central minister whois very close to them. Several state ministers and MLAs of the rulingparty, aided by their benamis, ably assisted them to execute thepublic scam. By making full use of their public offices, the fraudstershave snatched away about 25,000 acres of land from the gulliblefarmers. The first thing these scamsters did was to trash the report ofSivaramakrishnan Committee, which has toured the state extensivelyand took several factors into consideration before finalising thelocation of the state Capital. From then onwards, the entire episodeis a series of small and medium size scandals that have accumulatedinto a mega scam with the involvement of several players. The TDP government and leaders have executed their landgrabbing in the following five phases - Phase - I AP Chief Minister and his cabinet have already made up theirmind to establish the Capital in Thullur area, which is located inbetween Guntur and Vijayawada. Once they decided on the location,they diverted the attention of the people and realtors from Thullurarea by giving 'media leaks', which projected Nagarjuna Universityregion and Nuzvid mandal as prospective locations for the Capitalcity. Their plan did the trick. While most of the people made a beelineto those areas to purchase land plots, the Chief Minister and his Emperor of Corruption 83

cronies bought thousands of acres of land in Thullur and othermandals of the Capital city region through their benamis atthrowaway prices. Once the State government made the originallocation of the Capital public, several farmers and realtors whobought lands at Nuzvid and Nagarjuna University areas incurredheavy losses. On the other hand, the farmers of Amaravati area alsoincurred losses as they had to part with their lands for much cheaperprices. Chandrababu and his men, who were privy to this information,made at least a lakh crore rupees through the real estatetransactions. Isn't this \"Insider Trading\" and breach of \"Oath ofSecrecy\"? Phase - II After making high decibel propaganda about the about-to-come-up world-class Capital city Amaravati, the state government hasbrought forth a scandalous concept called 'Land Pooling'. Thegovernment has decided to pool 38,737 acres of fertile, multi-cropland from the farmers of 29 villages of the Capital city region. Whenthe farmers protested the land pooling, the government took the helpof its 'friendly' media outlets to dilute public dissent. These mediaoutlets, which have an extensive reach in AP, created an apocalypticatmosphere in the state by propagating that the farmers those whorefuse to give up their lands would be the ultimate losers and ensuredthat the farmers would give in. Thus, the gullible farmers were coerced into the land pooling.Though the name 'land pooling' suggests that the entire exercise isvoluntary, the actual process was anything but voluntary. While thegovernment openly used force to collect the lands from severalunwilling farmers, on the other hand, the lands of the CM and hisstooges were fully protected and exempted from land pooling. Forinstance, the capital region border stopped exactly 10 meters awayfrom the Lingamaneni Estates, which belongs to LingamaneniRamesh, a close aid of Chandrababu Naidu. The Chief Minister iscurrently residing in the guest house of the Lingamaneni Group. Chandrababu Naidu not only gave full protection to the lands ofhis cronies but also made sure that all development projects wouldcome up near their lands. The CM who initially announced that entireland pooling was voluntary showed his true colours eventually. The84 Emperor of Corruption

farmers who refused to surrender their land were constantlyharassed by the government. In some instances, the standing crop ofresisting farmers was burnt down during the midnights by some'unknown miscreants'. The police, in these cases, instead ofsearching for culprits, slapped false cases against the very farmerswhose crops were destroyed and further terrorised them. In someplaces, the crops and plantations of farmers were flattened bybulldozers without any prior information to them. Later thegovernment had apologized for these violent acts since it is in theknowledge of everyone as to who were behind these incidents. The government refused to permit agricultural activities in the 29villages. It actively discouraged agriculture in the Capital regionvillages. When the villagers went to High Court and got the reprieveto cultivate their lands, the government ensured that the farmerscould not access power, water for irrigation and also agriculturalloans. Through these measures, it effectively sabotaged the courtorder. Phase - III After the 'land pooling', Chandrababu announced a compensationpackage for the farmers in lieu of their lands. He has announcedunspecified cash compensation and residential and commercial plotsfor the farmers. These plots were supposed to be given in thefarmers' own villages. However, eventually, this package has turnedout to be a total farce. Now, the Chief Minister says that the farmers would be given anannual amount of Rs. 30,000 or Rs. 50,000 for a period of 10 years,based on their land type. This is a paltry amount when compared tothe land value that they are losing. He is now telling the farmers thatthey should not expect the residential plots in their native villages. In effect, the farmers are being asked to relocate on the terms ofgovernment.The government now also blames the farmers for their'greedy expectations'! It is learnt that the plots that are going to beallocated to farmers are located in low-lying areas, which have thelowest commercial value. The government is also coming up withseveral restrictions on the construction activity in the plots allocatedto the farmers. Emperor of Corruption 85

Phase - IV While the government was busy in pooling the land, the rulingparty vultures targeted the Assigned and Lanka (riverbed) lands,which are mostly owned by Dalits and BCs. To aid its stooges, thegovernment created a wave of propaganda threatening that theselands would be taken back by the government without paying anycompensation to the owners. When the confused farmers soughtclarity from the TDP leaders and revenue officials, whom they lookedup to at that critical juncture, they further terrified the farmers bytelling them that the government had every right to take back thelands since it was the original owner of the lands. The government also used several tactics to fuel the fears of themarginalised farmers. For instance, the government refused to issuethe compensation cheques to the tenant farmers of assigned andlanka lands and cited the various pending litigations as the cause ofthe delay. Thanks to the tactics and propaganda of the government, severalfarmers panicked and sold away their lands to TDP leaders, whohave been brainwashing them to give up their lands for some time.The benamis of ruling party leaders have bought these lands at a rateas low as Rs. 5 lakh per acre. Chandrababu and his stooges havepocketed away 1,848 acres of assigned and lanka lands in thisfashion. Once all the assigned and lanka lands were secured by the CMcronies, a compensation package was announced for these lands aswell. The package now benefits a lot of TDP leaders, who havebagged these lands. Those who bought an acre of land at Rs. 5 lakhrate are now going to get Rs. 1.90 crore for the same parcel of land.This announcement of the compensation package came on February17, 2016, 14 months after the 1st announcement of compensationpackage given to other lands.86 Emperor of Corruption

Phase - V The zone classification of the Capital region is another scam ofglobal class. The TDP government has classified the lands of capitalcity region into commercial and agricultural zones and restricted theland use of the latter only to agriculture. This means the value of thelands in agricultural zones is not on par with the value of the lands ofthe real estate enabling zones. Because of this classification, theland prices have tanked overnight in many areas. The plot of landwhich was once valued at Rs. 4 crore is not being bought for evenRs. 40 lakh. Even the plots of land that are located next to oneanother also have strikingly different rates based on the zones thatthey have fallen into. The zone classification was done with his cronies in mind. Theclassification information, which was supposed to be confidential,was given as a privilege to a few. Today, the lands of Chandrababuand his stooges are in the high-value real estate possible zones andthe lands of other farmers are in the agricultural zone. Because ofthis differentiation, the prices of Babus' lands have skyrocketed at thecost of farmers, whose lands have lost their value overnight. Thegovernment is gambling with the lives of the farmers and making akilling out of them. Emperor of Corruption 87

Capital Culprits1. P. NarayanaPosition: The Minister of Municipal Administration, Urban Planning and DevelopmentLand Purchased : 3,129 acres (including assigned lands)Amount Paid : Rs. 432 crorePresent Value : Rs. 10,000 crore and aboveBenamis:Akula Munisankar: He is an electrician in Narayana Medical College, Nellore, and a distant relative of P. Narayana. He is related through marriage to the minister and is a brother-in-law to the minister.Ravuri Sambasiva Rao: He is the brother-in-law of P. Narayana and his 'Man Friday'. Sambasiva Rao is the caretaker of all the financial affairs of the minister.Potturi Prameela: She is a confidant of Narayana and manages Narayana group colleges in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Apart from these important benamis, several employees ofNarayana group and confidants of the minister bought lands and tookpart in the scam.Areas of Land Purchase: Mandadam, Lingayapalem, Rayapudi, Uddandarayunipalem, Borupalem of Thullur mandal near Core Capital region.88 Emperor of Corruption

2. Sujana ChowdaryPosition: The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth SciencesLand Purchased : 700 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 35 crorePresent Value : Rs. 700 croreBenamis:Yalamanchili Jatin Kumar: Brother of Sujana ChowdarySri Kalinga Green Tech Chemicals: This company belongs to Harshananda, who is a personal assistant to Jatin Kumar.Yalamanchili Janardhana Rao: Father of Sujana ChowdaryY. Sivaramakrishna: Brother of Sujana ChowdaryAreas of Land Purchase: Gudimetla of Chandarlapadu mandal, Keesara, Veerullapadu of Kanchikacherla mandal of Krishna district and Mangalagiri mandal of Guntur district.3. Nara LokeshPosition: National general secretary of Telugu Desam Party Son of Chandrababu NaiduLand Purchased : 500 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 50 crorePresent Value : Rs. 650 croreBenamis:Vemuri Ravikumar Prasad: A friend of LokeshVemuri Anuradha: Wife of Vemuri RavikumarLands were purchased in the names of Goshpadi Greenfields Pvt. Ltd., Future Space India Pvt. Ltd. and Net India Pvt. Ltd.Areas of Land Purchase: Dharanikota and Vaikuntapuram of Amaravati mandal. Emperor of Corruption 89

4. Prathipati Pulla RaoPosition: Minister for AgricultureLand Purchased : 196 acres (including assigned lands)Amount Paid : Rs. 39 crorePresent Value : Rs. 784 croreBenamis:Gummadi Suresh: A confidant of Pulla RaoVenigalla Raja Reddy: A confidant of Pulla Rao Venkayamma: Wife of Venigalla Raja ReddyAreas of Land Purchase: Venkatapalem, Mandadam, Uddandarayunipalem and Rayapudi of Thullur mandal.5. Ravela Kishore BabuPosition: Minister for SC, ST Welfare and EmpowermentLand Purchased : 55 acres (including assigned lands)Amount Paid : Rs. 5.5 CrorePresent Value : Rs. 82.5 CroreBenamis:Ravela Santi Jyothi: Wife of Ravela Kishore BabuMaitri Infra: A company of Tella Srinivasarao, a confidant of Ravela Kishore BabuAreas of Land Purchase: Kuragallu and Navuluru of Mangalagiri mandal.6. Murali MohanPosition: Member of ParliamentLand Purchased : 53 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 16 CrorePresent Value : Rs. 212 CroreArea of Land Purchase: Kunchanapalli of Tadepalle mandal.90 Emperor of Corruption

7. Kommalapati SridharPosition: MLA of PedakurapaduLand Purchased : 42 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 1. 26 CrorePresent Value : Rs. 210 CroreAreas of Land Purchase: Lands adjacent to Amaravati Township at Yerrabalem village.These lands were exempted from the land pooling and Nara Lokeshgot the shares in the venture as quid pro quo .8. Kodela Siva Rama KrishnaPosition: Son of AP speaker Kodela Siva Prasad RaoLand Purchased : 17.3 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 93 lakhPresent Value : Rs. 18.4 CroreBenamiSasi Infra: This company belongs to Siva Rama Krishna’s personal assistant Gutta Naga PrasadArea of Land Purchase: Dhulipalla of Sattenapalli mandal9. Dhulipalla Narendra ChowdaryPosition: MLA of PonnurLand Purchased : 3.89 acres (another 50 acres unofficially) Encroachment of rivulet porambokePresent Value : Rs. 5 CroreBenami:Devara Pulliah: A close relative of Dhulipalla Narendra ChowdaryArea of Land Encroachment: Nambur Emperor of Corruption 91

10. Payyavula KeshavPosition: Ruling party MLCLand Purchased : 4.09 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 12.27 lakhPresent Value : Rs. 8 CroreBenami:Payyavula Vikrama Simha: Son of Payyavula KeshavGPA was made before the announcement of Capital region and the registration was done after that.Area of Land Purchase: Inavolu11. Lingamaneni RameshPosition: A confidant of CM Chandrababu NaiduLand Purchased : 804 acresProfit : Rs 4,000 Crore He has purchased 168 acres at the price ranging between Rs. 10lakh and Rs. 40 lakh and clubbed them into a single estate. The entire Lingamaneni Estates has been exempted from landpooling. The border of the capital region has stopped in Kaza villagejust 10 meters away to Lingamaneni Estates. In return, Chandrababu Naidu has got Lingamaneni Guest Houseand Lokesh was given shares in Lingamaneni Estates. About 300acres of land of poor farmers has been encroached upon andclubbed into Lingamaneni Estates.12. M.S.P. Rama RaoPosition: An in-law of Balakrishna –Land : He was allocated 498. 83 acresAmount Paid : Rs. 4.98 CrorePresent Value : Rs.300 CroreThe lands were allocated in Jayanthipuram of Jaggayyapetamandal to Visakha Bottling Company Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.Jaggayyapeta was brought under the range of the CRDA toenhance the value of these lands.92 Emperor of Corruption

A World Class Scam A Perfect Drama of an Opportune Legal PlunderDirector: Babu / Actors: Benamis● While Chandrababu is the director of this drama, Lokesh is its producer.● Capital city lands were snatched away by the cronies of Babu and their benamis.● Narayana, Sujana Chowdary, Murali Mohan, Prathipati Pulla Rao, Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, Ravela Kishore Babu…quite a few cronies have benefitted from the real estate transactions that were made possible due to the informational advantage they got.● Narayana (3,600 acres), Sujana Chowdary (700 acres), Nara Lokesh (500 acres), Prathipati Pulla Rao (196 acres) have profited in thousands of crores of rupees.● Amaravati, the new Capital city of Andhra Pradesh state, is supposed to be a global city of 21st century. However, today it has become a byword for a major scam of global standards thanks to the Chief Minister of the state, N. Chandrababu Naidu.All Started with Media Leaks● Sivaramakrishnan Committee recommendations on the location of Capital city have been ignored.● Lies were propagated through the media which said that the new Capital will come around Nuzvid area. This created a real estate buzz in that Emperor of Corruption 93

area. As a result, the land prices in Amaravati area plummeted.● When realtors were busy buying plots in Nuzvid area, Babu and his company purchased huge tracts of land at throwaway prices.● Once the true location of the capital city announced, the gullible realtors who bought the land around Nuzvid area incurred heavy losses. The farmers who sold their lands in Amaravati area realised that they were trapped.● By then, Chandrababu, his stooges and their benamis made a killing and earned above Rs. 1 lakh crore.Babu Promises, then Fails● To entrap the farmers of Capital region, Chandrababu made several false promises.● He boasted that he was going to build a world-class capital city.● He promised to waive off the farm loans up to Rs. 15 lakh for the farmers of the capital city region. But, later, he backtracked from his promise and even commented that, \"Farmers cannot get this greedy. When did I tell them that I would waive off all the farm loans? I did it whatever I was supposed to do.\"● He promised a monthly pension of Rs. 2,500 to tenant farmers and farm labourers of the capital region, but nobody has got the pension so far.● Chandrababu promised skill training and jobs to the unemployed youth of the capital region. He got them trained by a nameless company and finally told them that there were no jobs.● Many a time, he said that not even a single village would be removed; now three villages are going to be wiped out.● He promised fee reimbursement to all the students, but not even a single student received the reimbursement so far.Land Pooling is a Scandal of Global Scale● Chandrababu has implemented a major scandal called 'Land Pooling' for the capital city.● He decided to collect 38,737 acres fertile, multi- crop land from 29 villages.94 Emperor of Corruption

● Initially, many farmers refused to part ways with the land, their sole source of livelihood.● To trick the reluctant farmers, Chandrababu used several tactics. He made benamis of his party leaders voluntarily offer their 5000 acres of land. He then used his media friends to create propaganda that the farmers who refuse to surrender their lands would be the ultimate losers. This did the trick. The government and its media could make the farmers cede their lands.● He also used the caste card to 'pool' the land. He divided the resisting farmers on the caste lines by sending the ministers from the respective castes to counsel the farmers and finally they were made to give away their lands.● Though the government said the land pooling was a voluntary process, it was anything but voluntary. While the government openly used force to collect the lands from reluctant farmers, the lands of Babu and his cronies were fully protected from the pooling. For instance, the capital region limit stopped exactly 10 meters away from the Lingamaneni Estates, which belongs to Lingamaneni Ramesh, a close aid of Chandrababu Naidu. As a return gift, the Chief Minister got a palace-like guest house and shares in Lingamaneni Estates.● Babu not only ensured full protection of the lands of his cronies and their benamis but also ensured that the development projects are established near their lands.Compensation - an Open Fraud● Chandrababu announced the cash compensation and two plots of land (one residential and one commercial), for each acre of land given by the farmers. Now, there is no clarity as to the location of the plots or the time frame within which the allocation will be completed.● Chandrababu kept on changing the compensation package and finally said he would give an annual amount of Rs. 50,000 or Rs. 30,000 for 10 years period based on the type. Taking advantage of the supposed ambiguity on the differences between dry lands and 'jareebu' (wet) lands that have an assured source of irrigation, the government is creating further entanglements in deciding the status of the lands to delay the payment of compensation. Emperor of Corruption 95

● He initially promised to give residential and commercial plots to the farmers in their own villages. After completion of the land pooling, Chandrababu is asking how the farmers can expect to be rehabilitated in the same village.● He also promised to provide housing to each houseless family in the Capital city region. However, he hasn't provided alternative housing even to those who lost their houses during the inauguration of the Capital city, let alone the giving homes to homeless.● Chandrababu told the farmers that the residential and commercial plots that they were going to own would make them millionaires overnight. However, now, farmers are being allocated plots in lowland areas, which have a very little commercial value.● Chandrababu once promised to give first preference to the residential and commercial buildings of farmers. However, the government is now imposing several restrictions on the construction of buildings in commercial and residential plots that are going to be allocated to the farmers.Cases, Threats and Harassment● Chandrababu- who initially told that entire land pooling was a voluntary process - showed his true colours eventually.● The farmers who refused to surrender their lands were constantly harassed by the government. In some cases, the standing crop of farmers unwilling to surrender their lands was set afire. The police, in these cases, instead of identifying and arresting the culprits slapped false cases against the farmers and silenced.● In some places, the crops and plantations of farmers were flattened by bulldozers without any prior notice. Many farmers were unable to identify their land plots after the flattening and could only weep at their plight.● The government also refused to give permission for the farmers to practice agriculture in the 29 villages in the Capital region. This was done to discourage the culture of agriculture in the region. When the villagers approached the High Court and were96 Emperor of Corruption

granted the permission, the state government denied them accessing irrigation facilities and agricultural loans. The government did not permit soil fertility tests as well.Dalits Assigned Lands Taken Away● The lands of Dalits were robbed off systematically by the ruling party leaders.● First, the government created a propaganda that the government was going to take away lands assigned to Dalits without paying them any compensation.● Dalit farmers who were worried about such possibility were further pressurized by the TDP leaders and were finally made to yield their lands at a rate starting from Rs. 5 lakh per acre. Chandrababu and his cronies pocketed about 1,848 acres of assigned and lanka lands in this fashion.● Once all the assigned and lanka lands were secured by the CM and his party men, a generous compensation package was announced for surrendering those lands. The package benefitted a lot of TDP leaders who have bagged these lands. Those who bought an acre of land at Rs. 5 lakh is now going to get Rs. 1.90 crore for the same! At the end… In the name of building a world-class Capital city, Chandrababu and his cronies have made about Rs. 1 lakh crore. The state government has organized three inaugural ceremonies for the Capital city. The state government's lackluster efforts have not found much favour with the central government. Prime Minister Modi attended the commencement ceremony and he was expected to announce a package for the new Capital. Instead of the package, given the sad effort put by the state government, he gave state four pots filled with mud. Emperor of Corruption 97

TheCapturedCapital The new Capital of Andhra Pradesh is in the clutches of landvultures, who are holding the high offices in the government. Not justa few, but the quite a lot of TDP leaders under the guidance ofChandrababu Naidu attacked the capital city and got substantialamounts of lands registered in their names and of their benamis.Chandrababu Naidu concealed the decision that was taken in the firstcabinet meeting about the location of new Capital city. He intentionally confused people with his oft-changed statements.He terrified the Dalits by initiating a misinformation campaign whichspread the rumour that the government was going to take awayassigned lands without paying any compensation. The enterprisingleadership of the ruling party used all means at their disposal andsucceeded in making the marginalized farmers give up their lands.Thus, they bought 25,000 acres land in 29 villages, which are nowpart of the new Capital region, at very low rates. Once the location of Capital region was announced, the prices ofthe lands in Amaravati area skyrocketed overnight. An acre of landwhich was bought at Rs. 4 lakh is now valued at Rs. 4 crore. This isthe story of Chandrababu and Company, who pocketed Rs. 1 lakhcrore through a scandal that is larger than any major scam in thehistory of Independent India. What is presently known is only the tipof the iceberg!98 Emperor of Corruption

Nara Lokeshand his Benami Inc. Benamis: Vemuri Ravi Kumar Prasad and Vemuri Anuradha Purchased Land: 500 acres Amount Paid: Rs. 50 Crore Present Value: Rs. 650 Crore The Chief Minister's son Nara Lokesh took on himself to executethe Capital scam. He purchased huge tracts of land through hisbenami Dr. Vemuri Ravi Kumar Prasad. They purchased the land inseveral Capital villages in the names of different companies. Initially,they entered into agreements with the farmers and completed theregistrations once the location of the Capital was announced. Here isthe story of Nara Lokesh aka 'China Babu' who successfully fooledthe people by abusing his position!500 Acres of ForesightBefore the firststatement was made onSeptember 4, 2015, on thelocation of the Capitalregion, Lokesh boughtseveral acres of land nearCore Capital regionthrough Vemuri RaviKumar Prasad. InAmaravati mandal, his The land that is purchased at higherbenami could purchase a rate than that of market in the name oftotal of 500 acres of land.In Dharanikota village, Vemuri Ravi Kumarthe lands of survey numbers 59/A2/1, 59/A2/2A, 59/A2/2B1,59/A2/3A, 59/A/2, 59/B, 61/1A were bought by him. In Vaikuntapuramvillage of the same mandal, lands belonging to 25 survey numberswere bought by Dr. Vemuri and his wife Anuradha for GoshpadiGreen Fields Pvt. Ltd., Future Space India Pvt. Ltd., Net India Pvt.Ltd., among others. They agree to pay between Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 9lakh per acre and gave token advances to the farmers. On August 5, Emperor of Corruption 99

2015, they went ahead with registrations against the payment ofremaining amount.Black became White Lokesh used this occasion even to change his black money-which he made after the TDP came to power- into the white. InDharanikota and Vaikuntapuram, the price of the lands purchased byDr. Vemuri and his wife for different companies ranged between Rs.7 lakh to Rs. 12 lakh per acre. However, they have shown the valueof an acre of land as Rs. 71,20,108. They inflated the original price10 times during the registration. Thus, they converted their blackmoney into white.Who is this Ravi Kumar? Mr. Ravi Kumar is none other than thebrother of Vemuri Hari Krishna, who has ahistory of stealing Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs) and tampering with them.Hari Krishna was also the in-charge of thesocial media campaign of TDP during the2014 elections. He holds a key position inHeritage Foods and the TDP. OnceChandrababu came into power, Hari The GO of AP Government that shows the appointment of Vemuri Ravi Kumar Prasad as the Government Advisor (Non-resident Telugus’ Affairs and Investments) Krishna was appointed as a member of E-governance Authority,Electronics and IT Agency, and Innovation Society. He was also themember of the Assessment and Supervision Committee for thetenders of the first phase of the Rs. 333 crore worth Fiber Gridproject. Ravi Kumar also coordinated the U.S. tour of Chandrababu,which took place before the 2014 elections. Once Chandrababucame into power, Ravi Kumar was appointed as Government Advisor(Non-resident Telugus' Affairs and Investments) on September 9,2015. Now, Ravi Kumar has bought 500 acres of land.100 Emperor of Corruption

Sujana Chowdary’s Land Robbing Benamis: Sri Kalinga Green Tech Chemicals and Y. Siva Ramakrishna Purchased Land: 700 acres Amount Paid: Rs. 35 Crore Present Value: Rs. 700 Crore He is a 'corporate politician' and member of the CM's coterie. Heis specialised in securing huge loans amounting to hundreds ofcrores of rupees and successfully defaulting on their repayments.Impressed with his prowess, Chandrababu Naidu not only made hima member of Rajya Sabha, but also secured him a berth in Mr.Modi'scabinet. He is none other than the Union Minister of State forScience, Technology and Earth Sciences Mr. Y. SatyanarayanaChowdary aka Sujana Chowdary. He defaulted on the repayment ofRs. 100 crore to different banks and bought 700 acres in Amaravatiregion with that money. He is also putting his best efforts to encroachupon another 130 acres of forest land in Gudimetla village of Krishnadistrict.Brother s PA is BenamiMr. Harshananda, thepersonal assistant ofYalamanchili Jatin Kumar,brother of Sujana Chowdary,started a company named SriKalinga Green TechChemicals. The 126.44 acresland in Gudimetla village ofChandarlapadu mandal ofKrishna district was bought inthe name of this company. The documents of land purchased byThe land is located in the Central minister Sujana Chowdary insurvey numbers of 399-7, Gudimetla of Kanchikacherla mandal402-1A, 403-4, 5, 6, 404-1, 5,6, 9B, 11, 12, 410-2, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417,-4, 427, 428-1, 2, 429,431, 432-1, 433, 434 and 437 at the rate of Rs. 5 lakh per acre. Now, Emperor of Corruption 101

the value of an acre of land in this village is Rs. 50 lakh. This means the Central Minister who was privy to the insiderinformation has defrauded the farmers of Gudimetla village to thetune of Rs. 56.89 crore. Besides this land, Sujana Chowdary hastargeted another 130 acres of forest land, which is adjacent to hisland plots. Now, he is practically encroaching upon that land. TheGudimetla villagers are complaining that the men appointed bySujana Chowdary are restricting their movement into the forest lands,which is a clear indication of encroachment efforts.Unstoppable Exploitation Sujana Chowdary's exploitation has spread to Veerullapadu andKanchikacherla mandals; of the same district. He 'adopted'Ponnavaramm village of Veerullapadu mandal and bought 5.39 acresland (Survey No: 38-1) in the name of his father Y. Janardhana Raoand another 3.5 acres of land (Survey No: 41) in the name of hisbrother Y. Siva Rama Krishna. He also bought 3.60 acres of land ofsurvey number 116/3 at Keesara. Mr. Chowdary used the samemodus operandi to buy 700 acres of land in the mandals ofChandarlapadu, Kanchikacherla and Veerullapadu of Krishna districtand Mangalagiri mandal of Guntur district. After the Capital regionscandal came out, he stated that he bought land because he had themoney and questioned what's wrong with that! This statement of himclearly indicates that he was privy to critical information about thelocation of the capital region before it was made public. Murali Mohan The Real Benami Purchased Land: 53 acres Amount Paid: Rs. 16 Crore Present Value: Rs. 212 Crore Jayabheri group, the real estate company started by film actor andpresent MP of TDP Murali Mohan came to limelight in the late 90s.The group could start a lot of ventures around the then booming HitecCity in Hyderabad. It was possible because of mentorship of TDP102 Emperor of Corruption