Hyderabad, May 6 -- Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) founder Kalvakuntla Kavitha has claimed that some senior government leaders who were on the management committee of Hyderabad Public School (HPS) are trying to usurp 30 acres of land belonging to the institution.

She was speaking at a roundtable meeting held at the Somajiguda Press Club on Wednesday, May 6, about the fee hike in schools in Telangana.

Nearly a fortnight ago, a group of parents protested at Ramanthapur's Hyderabad Public School, stating that fees for primary and secondary classes have been increased by 140 per cent and 84 per cent in the last four years. According to them, fees for Classes 2 to 5 shot up from Rs 84,000 to Rs 2,01,600, and for Classes 6-10, they increased f...