Hyderabad, May 19 -- The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday, May 19, demanded a judicial inquiry into alleged illegal transfers of SC/ST assigned lands in Mahabubabad district and black granite mining operations it linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Chief Minister's advisor Vem Narender Reddy.

Addressing a press conference, BRS spokesperson Manne Krishank alleged that assigned lands belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) beneficiaries in Arpanpally village of Kesamudram mandal were fraudulently transferred to Vem Narender Reddy's son, Vem Krishna Bhargav Reddy, through the state's Bhu Bharati land records portal.

He further alleged that around 15 acre of such land was being used for black granite mining throu...