Monday targeted rival Congress over its government’s demolition of several houses in Telangana’s Khammam district.
Ahead of polls, Vijayan claimed that the Congress, which leads the UDF, has proved yet again that “their governments are mere replicas of North Indian BJP governments”. This comes after reports said the Telangana government’s demolition in Khammam’s Velugumatla village left several people homeless.
According to reports, the demolition took place on Bhoodan land.
Calling Telangana’s “bulldozer raj” deeply disturbing, Vijayan claimed that several people with valid documents were rendered homeless.
“The Congress government had pulled down the houses allotted to landless families during the Bhoodan movement led by Acharya Vinoba Bhave. It is surprising that Congress in Telangana cannot accept the objectives of the Bhoodan movement,” he said.
A land reform movement initiated by Gandhian leader Vinoba Bhave, the Bhoodan movement aimed to persuade wealthy landowners to give up land to the landless. This comes months after the Congress government in Karnataka demolished 150 houses in Yelahanka, claiming they were built on government land meant for solid waste management projects.
Referring to the Karnataka demolition, Vijayan claimed the victims of the “bulldozer raj in Yelahanka are still on streets”.
“How can Congress carry out such inhuman actions? Congress in Kerala should answer to it. It is the responsibility of Congress, which is filling media in Kerala with advertisements of the Telangana government,” he alleged.
He further said: “While Kerala’s LDF government was giving land deeds to landless people, Congress governments are proving that they are replicas of North Indian BJP regimes. The incidents in Karnataka and Telangana show what will happen if Congress comes to power.”
