Congress to launch protest against Nandagudi SEZ
PTI[ FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 06:30:18 PM]
BANGALORE: Slamming the Karnataka government on the issue of acquisition
of land for special economic zones, the opposition Congress on Friday
said it would launch a protest from next month against the SEZ proposed
to be set up at Nandagudi on the city's outskirts.
It will chalk out an agitation programme, including protest rallies to
be staged in Bangalore urban and rural districts, at its legislature
party meeting to be held on July 3 or July 4, ahead of the assembly
session commencing from July 5.
"The BJP-JD-S coalition government is on a land acquisition spree to
help land developers," state Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge
alleged at a press conference here.
The proposal to set up a SEZ on 1200-odd acres at Nandagudi in Hoskote
taluk, about 50 km from here, has drawn flak from farmers and Left parties.
Kharge alleged that the government was acquiring land in excess and the
allotted land was being sold to developers. He asked: "Is it a
pro-farmer government?"
Noting that his party was against "indiscriminate" acquisition of farm
land and "injustice" towards farmers, Kharge said it was not opposed to
development including industrial development.
He said there were clear-cut guidelines issued by the Centre against
acquiring farm land for SEZs and alleged that the government had been
violating them.
The government has clarified that it is not acquiring land for SEZs and
entrepreneurs will purchase land at the prevailing market rates.
BANGALORE: Slamming the Karnataka government on the issue of acquisition
of land for special economic zones, the opposition Congress on Friday
said it would launch a protest from next month against the SEZ proposed
to be set up at Nandagudi on the city's outskirts.
It will chalk out an agitation programme, including protest rallies to
be staged in Bangalore urban and rural districts, at its legislature
party meeting to be held on July 3 or July 4, ahead of the assembly
session commencing from July 5.
"The BJP-JD-S coalition government is on a land acquisition spree to
help land developers," state Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge
alleged at a press conference here.
The proposal to set up a SEZ on 1200-odd acres at Nandagudi in Hoskote
taluk, about 50 km from here, has drawn flak from farmers and Left parties.
Kharge alleged that the government was acquiring land in excess and the
allotted land was being sold to developers. He asked: "Is it a
pro-farmer government?"
Noting that his party was against "indiscriminate" acquisition of farm
land and "injustice" towards farmers, Kharge said it was not opposed to
development including industrial development.
He said there were clear-cut guidelines issued by the Centre against
acquiring farm land for SEZs and alleged that the government had been
violating them.
The government has clarified that it is not acquiring land for SEZs and
entrepreneurs will purchase land at the prevailing market rates.
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