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YSRC party will support the residents of Bhanunagar in a legal battle against South Central Railway (SCR), if required. Disclosing this at a press meet here on Friday, YSRC Central constituency in-charge P. Gowtham Reddy said that SCR had served notices to about 400 families living in over 100 houses in Bhanunagar, alleging that the residents had occupied railway land.

The residents were asked to respond by August 19, and since they hail from BPL segment they are not in a position to give a strong legal reply. Hence we will be supporting them by providing the required legal help, said Mr. Gowtham.

“If the SCR served eviction notice, YSRC will go to court on behalf of the residents,” he said.According to the YSRC leader, the residents of Bhanunagar had been living in the area for the last four decades and about 10 years ago they were given pattas (documents) for the land occupied, by the then district Collector and MRO. The SCR had been asking them to vacate claiming that the land belonged to them. “Already 30 residents had earlier brought a stay against an earlier order from SCR,” said Mr. Gowtham.On the ongoing agitation on Samaikyandhra and CM Kiran Kumar Reddy’s press conference on Thursday, he said, “The CM should be given this press conference much before when the CWC was still contemplating on the bifurcation issue. The press conference was a game plan to misguide the public.” He also pointed out that the CWC and the UPA had totally ignored the state intelligence report that any thought on the bifurcation would create state-wide unrest.