Hyderabad, March 9 Telangana Jagruti president K Kavitha began an indefinite fast in Khammam on Monday night, demanding justice for families who were displaced from a land parcel in the town.
Earlier in the day, she held a protest in Khammam, about 200 kms from Hyderabad, in support of the evicted residents who were removed from the land by authorities last month.
Pointing out that the land from which the evicted residents were removed in Velugumatla, Khammam, is a 'Bhoodan' (land donated by others in the past), she demanded that the district Collector assure them that they would be given land deeds in the same area.
As the protest caused a traffic jam, police shifted her to a police station.
Telangana Jagruthi said in a statement that she was released by the police after they issued her a notice for holding a protest without permission.
However, she reached Ambedkar Bhavan in Khammam on Monday night and began an indefinite fast, the statement said.
State Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy had earlier said that some individuals had deceived poor people in Velugumatla, Khammam, by collecting money under the false promise of providing them with land deeds.
He attacked the BRS party, asking why land deeds were not provided to those residents when the regional party was in power between 2014 and 2023.
He had said that the Congress government would soon provide housing to the displaced people under the 'Indiramma' scheme and also punish those who had collected money from them.