Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP has strongly opposed the State government’s decision to sell lands belonging to the University of Hyderabad (HCU). During a press meet on Monday, Chevella MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy criticized the Congress-led government for planning to auction these lands.
He said the proposed sale could harm the environment and pointed out that students are already protesting against it. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has also been filed in court to stop the sale.
The BJP MP stressed that the land may belong to the government, but decisions that damage the environment and affect students are unfair. He said these lands should be used to build parks, schools, and other public facilities, not for real estate projects. Turning green spaces into concrete buildings would hurt the city in the long run, he added.
Reddy also urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to rethink the decision. He called it unethical to sell university lands, especially when past governments like the BRS also sold land in areas such as Rajendranagar and Budvel. He pointed out that some of the same BRS leaders who once supported such moves are now protesting them.
The BJP plans to send a fact-finding team, including MLAs and lawyers, to the university to look into the issue.
Former MP Sitaram Nayak also spoke out, saying that selling university land is like sacrificing the future of children. He accused the State government of focusing on profits rather than education.
He warned that the boundaries of Kakatiya University’s lands are still unclear, and the government is trying to take over university property. Selling around 400 acres of HCU land shows how careless the government is, he added. He also noted that during the previous KCR-led government, there were similar attempts to take university lands.
Nayak said that instead of selling the land to real estate developers, the government should build research centres and improve the education system. He concluded by saying that such actions by the government are unacceptable and risk damaging students’ futures.
