The Congress on Tuesday questioned the ulterior motive of the Modi Government’s unabated attack on the country’s land, forest and environment to appease a handful of crony capitalists.
The party alleged that after having bulldozed the land Acquisition Ordinance, aimed at grabbing the land of hapless farmers, the BJP has now set into motion the abominable exercise of dismantling the carefully crafted regime of environment protection, sustainable development, tribal rights and equitable social development.
“The PM and the BJP must remember that protection of environment can’t be wished away by dadi-nani storytelling but has to be stoutly preserved, cherished and protected for generations of siblings of the same dadi-nani and an entire generation of young Indians,” said AICC spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.
The party alleged that the NDA Government’s agenda for the ‘Environment and Forest Ministers Conference’ was to secure the tacit approval of the States on the TSR Subramanium Report on various legislations pertaining to environment, forest conservation, wildlife legislations.
“TSR Report disregards constitutional provisions, carefully deliberated and tested laws, National Environmental Policy as also International Treaties and UN Conventions that India is signatory to,” Surjewala said.