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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Naveen making false claims: agitators by Prafulla Das

Naveen making false claims: agitators by Prafulla Das

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published Published on Jun 15, 2011   modified Modified on Jun 15, 2011

The Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti on Tuesday contested Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's claim that no force was being used to acquire land for the proposed steel project of Posco as his government was for peaceful industrialisation.

“The Chief Minister is telling lies,” said Prashant Paikray, spokesperson of the Samiti, which has been strongly opposing establishment of the mega steel plant that would affect the lives and livelihoods of thousands of people in three gram panchayats.

Mr. Patnaik made the statement on Monday, a day after Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh expressed the hope that the State government would not use the forest clearance granted to the project as a licence for forcible acquisition of land.

“If his government is for peaceful industrialisation why the Jagatsinghpur district administration deployed more than 20 platoons of armed policemen near Gobindpur village?” asked Mr. Paikray.

“If land acquisition was being done in a peaceful manner why did they arrest a Panchayat Samiti member and 16 others on June 3 for opposing demolition of their betel vineyards?” he wondered.

“It is time that the Chief Minister gave a thought to the genuine demands of the agitating men, women and children of Gobindpur and Dhinkia who have been guarding the entry points to Gobindpur village to prevent the entry of government officials and police,” Mr. Paikray said.

Over two dozen betel vineyards were demolished by the administration at Gobindpur village on June 11. The residents are rebuilding them and they were likely to complete the work by Wednesday, Mr. Paikray said. The villagers would resist the entry of officials and policemen when the administration resumes land acquisition on June 17.

Social activists, including Swami Agnivesh, Vandana Shiva and Medha Patkar, are expected to visit Gobindpur and Dhinkia to express solidarity with the agitating villagers. A relay dharna has been planned in Bhubaneswar from June 18 in protest against the deployment of armed policemen.

The Hindu, 15 June, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2105355.ece


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