Tuesday, April 20, 2010

VOICE AGAINST VEDANTA RAISED AT DELHI

VOICE AGAINST VEDANTA RAISED AT DELHI

MEMORANDUM TO P.M BY SWADESHI JGARAN MANCH

BHUBANESWAR, 19th APR (visakeo): The MOU signed between the Govt of Odisha & Vedanta company needs to cancelled immediately & the land given to Anil Agrawal must be returned without wasting any time. Centre needs to interfere in the matter to return the Amrut Manohi land of Lord Jagannath. According to the order of Odisha Lokpal all concerned & guilty officers & ministers must be punished. Also the centre can make a vigilance enquiry. By direct interference of P.M only the large scale destruction of agricultural land can be saved & also the sentiments of people of Odisha will be remain unhurt. Swadeshi Jagaran Manch presented a memorandum in this regard to P.M. yesterday at New Delhi.

In opposing to the proposed Vedanta university on Monday Swadeshi Jagaran Manch & Vedanta BiswaBidyalya Birodhi Sangharsa Samiti staged a large scale demonstration before parliament. In this demo. no of intellectuals, envirnomentalists, socialists & senior politicians joined. Advisor of Sangharsa Samiti Uma Ballabh Rath told that in io way any land of Lord Jagannath will be left to Vedanta. All India organising secretary of Jagaran Manch Kashmir Lalaji told how the company acquired thousands of land in the real estate way in the name of establishing an university & by showing false illustration to all. X-organising secretary Muralidhar Rao requested P.M. to direct intervene in this matter. BJP national general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan demanded the resignation of C.M. Nabin Pattanaik as the Lokpal brings him in doubt in this matter. A large no of activists of Jagaran Manch, supporters from allover the country, more than 200 people from Baisi Mouja in Puri joined in this programme.

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