Left parties in Andhra Pradesh on Friday demanded that the government
convene an all-party meeting to discuss the package for farmers who have
to part with their land for the capital.
The
parties criticised the government for taking unilateral decisions on
capital building without taking stakeholders, including farmers, into
confidence. A delegation of Left parties on Friday visited the villages
falling under the jurisdiction of the proposed capital.
The
team, comprising representatives of the CPI, CPI (M), CPI-ML (New
Democracy), CPI-ML (Liberation), SUCI (Communist), MCPI (U) and the All
India Forward Bloc, interacted with farmers on the package announced by
the government.
Addressing a meeting at Library
Centre, CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna demanded that the government
implement the Land Acquisition Act 2013 and do justice to farmers,
agriculture labourers, tenant farmers and land owners in Tullur and
neighbouring villages.
Mr. Ramakrishna also
questioned Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s motives behind his
Singapore visit and the proposed acquisition of 30,000 acres of fertile
land for the capital project. He wanted the government to come clear on
land pooling issue and reveal the names of developers. He added that the
Left parties were not against the new capital.
CPI
(M) State secretary P. Madhu said nearly 1.50 lakh people lived in 25
villages around Tullur, of which, 12,000 were small and marginal farmers
and close to 40,000 were agriculture labourers. Majority of farmers and
land owners in the region are Dalits, he added. Mr. Madhu also demanded
that the government provide land to land as compensation and four times
the existing market price besides a job to each family. Former
MLC Jelli Wilson, Gurram Vijay Kumar, K. Rama Rao, P.V. Sunder Rama
Raju, K. Rama, Tumati Sivaiah, D. Haranath, B. Tulasi Das and P. Prasad
were present.
(Couretesy :The Hindu)
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