AIADMK General Secretary Jayalalithaa today dubbed as a failure the state government’s two acre free land distribution to landless scheme and alleged that most of the beneficiaries were DMK workers and not from the lowest strata of society, for whom it was intended.
“In several areas, allotments of two acres have been made to hundreds of alleged beneficiaries. But people in whose names these allotments have been made have not received any intimation about it. Lands allotted to them as per records have been cornered by DMK workers or those with access to the corridors of power,” she said in a statement.
The real beneficiaries from the lowest strata of society are poor, uneducated people and do not have the courage to stand up and fight for their rights, she said.
Jayalalithaa alleged that these lands are being used by real estate sharks, industrialists and even educational institutions.