Protesting against the promulgation of the land Ordinance Bill 2015 by both the Union and State Governments and the decision of the former to withdraw the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) from the Centrally-sponsored schemes, the Basti Basindanka Milita Manch held a mass convention here on Thursday.
Addressing the event, chaired by slum leader Sheikh Abdullah, Manch joint convenor Khageswar Sethy said like the Union Government, the State Government has also brought an Ordinance for the benefits of corporate houses and thereby to push lives of lakhs of poor slum dwellers to the edge. He called upon everyone to launch a concerted mass agitation.
Nagarika Manch leader Chitta Ranjan Mohanty said the decision to withdraw the RAY would drive the fate of thousands of poor people in the State into uncertainty.
later, a 21-member committee was formed on the occasion to further intensify the movement.