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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MP CM walked five km with Jan Satyagraha landless tribals -Suchandana Gupta

MP CM walked five km with Jan Satyagraha landless tribals -Suchandana Gupta

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published Published on Oct 11, 2012   modified Modified on Oct 11, 2012
-The Times of India

BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan travelled to Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to join the Ekta Parishad Jan Satyagraha protest march of more than 50,000 landless tribals demanding land reforms from the Union government. Chouhan, accompanied by his wife Sadhna and state minister for women and child development Ranjana Baghel, walked five km from Rohta village to COD maidan in Agra to boost the morale of the demonstrators.

In addition to the walk, chief minister Chouhan rode a bicycle for six km and interacted with the protestors and enquired about their health.

Speaking to the tribal agitators from 26 states across the country, Chouhan assured that his government in Madhya Pradesh will issue pattas'' to poor families for plots of land they have been residing on. He argued that the Union Government should pursue the Land Reforms Act. Chouhan said that the state of Madhya Pradesh will lend utmost support to the Act and extend full cooperation for its implementation. The MP CM also urged chief ministers of other states to unite for safeguarding the rights of the poor.

The chief minister recommended the constitution of a committee for drafting the Land Reforms Act which should include people from the grassroots. He said that meeting of this committee should be convened at the earliest and an effective Act implemented.

Chouhan was on an official visit to the US when landless tribals under the banner of NGO Ekta Parishad started their march from Gwalior to New Delhi on October 3. On the third day of their march towards the nation's capital, Chouhan who was still in the US addressed the protestors from his mobile phone when the procession had reached Morena just before entering Rajasthan from Madhya Pradesh. In his speech, the chief minister had promised he would return and participate in the march. Thus, he joined demonstration on Wednesday.

Addressing the landless tribals on Wednesday, Chouhan argued that tigers should be saved but not by displacing tribals. He added that issues pertaining to the poor are important and a special debate is required on the issues concerning the common man. Defending his government, Chouhan said that land pattas have been given to more than one lakh tribal families in Madhya Pradesh. The process of issuing pattas will continue in the future till every tribal gets the same.

The Times of India, 10 October, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/MP-CM-walked-five-km-with-Jan-Satyagraha-landless-tribals/articleshow/16757636.cms


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