Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender has been divested off his portfolio over allegations of land grabbing in Medak district. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will handle the health portfolio.On Friday, the honourable chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to get an inquiry done by the Medak District Collector on the complaints of encroachments of lands on the outskirts of Achampet in Masaipet Mandal in Medak district, get a comprehensive report and submit the same to him.The CM also instructed Vigilance DGP Purnachandra Rao to find out the truth behind the allegations. The CM issued orders that the primary inquiry in the matter should be done immediately. Several farmers and landowners in Achampet recently complained that they were forced to sell their land to Jamuna Hatcheries owned by Rajender’s family. Jamuna Hatcheries had recently expanded and the company purchased lands adjacent to the existing facility. The complaints came from the same landowners.However, while the inquiry is still underway, the office of Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan issued a statement in the afternoon saying that on the advice of the CM, the governor had approved the transfer of Medical, Health and Family Welfare protfolio from Etela Rajender to the CM with immediate effect. -article writerSyeda mehrukh naaz
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