As the State celebrated its Foundation Day on Tuesday, JMM chief and former CM Shibu Soren called upon the tribal people to fight against State government's move to amend two land acts - Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Act. He was addressing a massive Jan Akrosh rally organised by the JMM at Gopal Maidan.
Addressing a huge gathering, Soren said, "The State Government is conspiring to grab lands of innocent tribals and hand it over to big industrial houses. Any amendment in the CNT and SPT acts will not be acceptable. Both land acts are the essence of the tribal and indigenous people of the State."
Soren went on to add that Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in November 2000 to safeguard the interest of tribals. The situation of the backward castes is reeling under penury. It is surprising that the government has not taken adequate steps to protect them.
He alleged that parties like BJP are not concerned about the welfare of the masses, especially the poor.
“The move to amend the CNT Act shows the leaders of Jharkhand are not sincere towards the cause of the two major communities, adivasis and moolvasis.
He said that all political parties have ditched the adivasis. “So, it is high time for the people to unite and show them that they could not be fooled anymore,” he pointed out.
At the rally, the JMM, demanded the Government should not take any step to amend tribal acts, steps should be taken to stop blind industrialisation. The party also demanded that the tribal youths should be given loan upto `2 crores.
Addressing the gathering, former CM Hemant Soren took a dig on demonetization of the Central Government. He said that it is the same Government that promoted people like lalit Modi and Vijaya Mallya and now when they have fled from the country innocent people are being targeted in the name of demonetization.
He said that the poor people are suffering in the hands of the Government.