Congress to launch protest against Nandagudi SEZ
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 out...
By PTI |
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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