BHUBANESWAR:
Protesting illegal land acquisition for Posco Company at Dhinkia-Govindpur area
in Jagatsinghpur by the State Government with the help of police, the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) staged demonstration here demanding withdrawal of
police force from the Dhinkia area. The party leaders further demanded stopping
of land acquisition process till the Land Acquisition Bill is passed in the
Parliament.
The State Government has to give
the forest rights to the local people according to the Forest Rights Act, the
leaders said, adding, “The Chief Minister has to solve the Posco problem by
calling an all party meeting very soon.”
The party condemned the behaviour
of police and local administration during land acquisition for Posco in the
Dhinkia-Govindapur area. Among others, CPI
(M) Bhubaneswar zone secretary Suresh Panigrahy, regional committee secretary
Prabhat Panigrahy, SFI State secretary Sarat
Das, Adivasi leader Sal Marandi, slum leader Anjan Nath and women leader
Nirupama Nayak participated in the demonstration.
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