Excelsior Correspondent
SUNDERBANI, Jan 10: Terming the recent direction to evict the farmers from the agricultural lands in their cultivating possessions for decades a arbitrary, irrational and in violation of various existing laws, norms and human rights, JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma has said that Congress would oppose this dictatorial order in a big way including taking up the same with Rahul Gandhi during upcoming ‘Bhart Jodo Yatra’ in J&K, to save thoudands of landless, small and marginal farmers from getting uprooted.
Addressing a press conference here today on the issue of recent Government directions to evict all occupants of Government lands within three months, Sharma said that landless, petty, small and marginal farmers in cultivating possessions of different kinds of agricultural and residential lands, are being threatened forcible eviction by the field staff, if they failed to surrender the same within no time.
There is one ‘rule and lathi’ to deal with the landless, small and marginal farmers and for a well off occupants who have sufficient land holdings on their own and have illegally occupied large chunks of state or custodian land, who certainly form a separate category o be dealt under law of land.
However, the Congress stands shoulder to shoulder with the landless, small and marginalised farmers who are în peaceful, uninterrupted and long duration possessions of such lands and we demand framing of a fair land policy in the matter and till then roll back of the arbitrary and irrational direction, failing which there will be a strong, sustained non violent “Satyagreh “ on the pattern of farmers agitation in the country, he added.
Sharma said that past governments always framed laws and norms to the benefits of landless, small and marginal farmers and tillers but the present dispensation is hell bent to crush the poor people especially farmers
Asserting that Congress has always stood with the farmers in the country, JKPCC chief spokesperson said that matter shall be taken with the party high command for high level review of this major issue of the livelihood and shelter of thousands of poor people, to protect their rights.
NC Sharma, Tirth Ram, Ajit Singh, Yog Raj Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Kashmir Singh, DN Sharma, Om Parkash District president Kissan Congress, were also present in the conference.
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