'Bhagavad Gita Is Inspiration': Telangana CM On Bulldozer Action Against Nagarjuna's Convention Hall

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy supported the demolition of the convention centre co-owned by actor Nagarjuna Akkineni and said that it was proper as per the teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagwad Gita.

He further said that his government will not spare anyone who encroached upon lakes, no matter how influential they are.

While speaking at a function by the Hare Krishna Movement, the Chief Minister said that the Bhagavad Gita is an inspiration to demolish illegal structures. He also said that Lord Krishna taught that for people’s welfare and that one should follow Dharma in order to defeat Adharma, even if that means battle.

Following Lord Krishna’s teachings, the Congress government has taken up demolitions of illegal structures built in full tank level of water bodies by the HYDRAA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection).

“Since powerful people own these farm houses, there is a lot of pressure, but this is a matter of the future. According to Lord Sri Krishna, Dharma must triumph and Adharma must be defeated,” CM Reddy said, as quoted by NDTV.

The government authorities on Saturday demolished the N-Convention centre in Hyderabad’s Madhapur, which is jointly owned by Telugu superstar Nagarjuna, for allegedly being constructed on encroached land on the Full Tank Level of the Tammidikunta lake.

Actor Nagarjuna, approached the Telangana High Court seeking a stay on the demolition, and the court granted an interim stay.

Nagarjuna in a post on ‘X’ said they had “not done any actions in violation of law” and the demolition was clearly carried out “wrongfully based on misinformation”.

The officials of Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), GHMC, Town Planning, Irrigation and Revenue departments removed encroachments in the Full Tank Level (FTL)/Buffer zones of the lake, and amongst the many structures removed. N-Convention was also one of the unauthorised structures, an official release said.

N-Convention is built in the FTL/Buffer zone and has no building permission whatsoever, it said.

“After following due process, the officials completely demolished the unauthorised structures in Tammidikunta lake this morning. The Telangana High Court gave an interim stay in the afternoon,” the release said.

According to the HYDRAA, in 2014, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) issued the preliminary notification for Tammidikunta lake in respect of the FTL/Buffer zones. N-Convention had approached the High Court.

(with PTI inputs)