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Andhra Pradesh Information Technology and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh on Sunday came down heavily upon the former Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) government led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. The IT minister alleged that the YSRCP government had allocated 42 acres of land in 26 districts for building party offices. He further highlighted how these land parcels were allocated at a nominal cost of Rs 1,000 lease for 33 years.

"You (Jagan) allocated 42 acres of land in 26 districts for YSRCP (offices) at a meagre cost of Rs 1,000 lease for 33 years," Nara Lokesh said in a post on social media platform X. He also posted more than a dozen pictures of the alleged YSRCP offices under construction in various parts of the state.

Meanwhile, Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday slammed the Andhra Pradesh government after YSRCP under-construction central office in Tadepalli in Guntur was razed down. Condemning the action under the ‘dictator’ rule by his successor, N Chandrababu Naidu, the YSRCP chief said that the demolition was undertaken despite a stay from the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

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Notably, the war of words started after a posh hilltop palace built by former Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy in Visakhapatnam came to public knowledge last week. The sumptuous property built on Rushikonda Hill has erupted into a political storm with the TDP alleging YSRCP chief built it as his camp office after declaring Vizag as the state capital.

According to Lokesh, the 42 acres of land, said to be worth about Rs 600 crore could have easily funded land at the rate of one cent each for 4,200 poor people. Drawing a similar parallel, the TDP general secretary noted that the money spent on the Rushikonda mansion could have funded house construction for 25,000 people.

The TDP on Sunday circulated 19 images of buildings under various stages of construction across the state, alleging that they were YSRCP offices.

"With the demolition of the illegal structures constructed by the YSRCP in Tadepalli, several sensational facts have come to light. The senior officers are now studying the details of how the YSRCP has grabbed lands in prime localities at all 26 district headquarters, worth hundreds of crores (of rupees), in the name of building party offices," a TDP statement said.

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According to the ruling party, the market value of land in these locations and the estimated expenditure on buildings could total up to Rs 2,000 crore.

Meanwhile, the YSRCP in a post on X also alleged that the erstwhile TDP government between 2014 and 2019 had allocated government lands worth "thousands of crores of rupees" to the ruling party at a paltry lease cost.

(With Agency Inputs)