Krushak Morcha stages protest in Cuttack over revamp of land acquisition laws

Krushak Morcha stages protest in Cuttack over revamp of land acquisition laws
CUTTACK(visakeo)

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Krushak Morcha of Cuttack district on Monday staged a protest meeting here in front of the district Collectorate and submitted a memorandum to the Collector that was addressed to the President of India.

As part of its country-wide programme, hundreds of party workers under the leadership of city BJP chief Asit Bose came in a rally and staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate before submitting the memorandum to the Collector.

The memorandum calls for massive revamp of archaic land acquisition laws that had been in force for over hundred years now. “The present land acquisitions for industrial purposes are being done as per the Act of 1894 promulgated by the Britishers,” said Bose.

The archaic law needs to be drastically changed for the benefit of the farmers.
“Large patches of agricultural land are now giving space for industrial units and the poor farmers who own the land are cheated with paltry compensation,” Bose alleged.

The memorandum has also come down heavily on faulty agricultural policy of the country which has resulted in lakhs of farmers committing suicide. Subsidies on agriculture are being slashed, the market price of farm produce are not encouraging for which farmers are now quitting agriculture and looking for other avenues to eke out a living, the memorandum said among other things.