CPI(M) launches protest in Vijayawada, demands house sites for poor
The CPI(M) has launched a protest in Vijayawada demanding that vacant government land, including a former Disneyland site, be allocated to the poor for housing. The party claims the government is prioritizing corporate interests over the needs of the underprivileged.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing struggle for land rights and affordable housing in urban Indian centers, a common point of political contention.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday (September 20, 2026) launched an agitation, demanding that more than 100 acres of vacant government land at Ajit Singh Nagar in Vijayawada, including the 57-acre Disneyland site, be allotted to the poor as house sites.
They took out a rally to the Disneyland site, where they planted party flags and staged a protest near a makeshift hut erected as a symbol of their agitation.
Addressing the gathering, CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao demanded that two cents of house site be allotted to every eligible poor family before the elections to Vijayawada Municipal Corporation. He said that 20 acres of railway land and 30 acres of land earmarked for a waste treatment plant in the area could also be considered for allotment to the poor.
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