ANDHRA PRADESH - Chandrababu Naidu refuted allegations about land deals in Amaravati

The statement came following series of reports that thousands of acres being purchased by TDP members.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu AP

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday accused the opposition of YSR Congress to create obstacles in the development of new capital and refuted the accusations of thousands of acres of land being bought by some ministers, MPs and MLAs of the ruling Party telugu Desam.

Refuting allegations transactions questionable land in Amaravati region, which has been reported as the state capital, said Naidu, from June 2, 2014, a total of 9,231 acres of land was sold, in some cases several times, and all 20,306 transactions that took place in the region.

"Amaravati was reported as a new region of the state capital, on 3 September 2014. Between 2 June (when the state was bifurcated) and September 3, 2014, around 604 operations they were carried out and 515 acres of land has been sold. Between September 4 and December 8, 2014, when land policy for the sharing of the capital, 1,756 transactions in which 1,724 acres of land were recorded was sold was announced.

"Since December 9, 2014 to date, 9,304 transactions occurred and 6,573 acres of land has been sold. In total, 20,306 transactions occurred and 9231 acres of land changed hands," Naidu told a press conference in the Secretariat of State.

Of the 100 land deals in the capital region, the highest area of land purchased in a single transaction it was 7.5 acres and the lowest was two acres. In all 100 people bought a total of 365.66 acres, said the Minister.

Naidu's statement came after a series of news reports claiming thousands of acres of land being bought by some ministers, parliamentarians and belonging to the ruling Telugu Desam Party legislators.

The reports also alleged that the son of Chandrababu and national General Secretary TDP Nara Lokesh bought large tracts of land using Benami buyers (proxy).

"Some media companies have been publishing and broadcasting blatantly malicious news in land deals ... They even dragged my son's name even though the property is under attachment by the Criminal Investigation Department," he said the CM.

With regard to the residence of bank owned real estate Lingamaneni Ramesh Naidu said the property now belonged to the state government.

"When the state was bifurcated, who was not even a capital. Even before we identify the capital region and reported, many people have bought land in places like Donakonda, Vinukonda, Gannavaram, Agiripalli, Nuzividu, Mangalagiri and Amaravati with hope of the capital may arise in those regions .... declare Amaravati as the capital region after local farmers and landowners approached to give their land under the land-pooling scheme novel, "Naidu said.

Upon notification to the capital, the government wanted to ban land transactions in the region, but abandoned the idea after opposition from local farmers, he said.

YSR Congress attacking, he said, a party of "desperate and hostile" opposition was trying to cause impediments in the development of new capital.

"They tried to instigate farmers and stop giving their land to the capital. After applications were submitted to the Supreme Court. They went to the National Green Tribunal. Requests were sent to the Center ... but local farmers show a willingness to iron and firmly stand behind the government, "said the Minister.