State Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday said that he was not going to be trapped in a political conspiracy surrounding the CNT and SPT Acts amendment. The development of the State would be done even faster with the blessing of people of Jharkhand, he said.
Das, on the sidelines of his meeting with students and teachers of the Tribal and Regional language department of the Ranchi University, was replying to a query from media persons relating to tribal-Christian religious leaders meeting the Governor recently over the land laws amendment.
In the meeting, the CM said that the Government has completed the unfinished tasks of the former governments by simplifying the CNT and SPT Acts. “Some selfish elements are trying to pose hurdles and the raiyyats are forbidden to do business on their own land. The previous government and the then existing TAC members approved the proposal of doing business on their land. Previous governments also amended CNT/SPT laws for industrialization and mining. But, today some people with vested interests are misguiding the people of the State. They want the poor to remain poor forever and work as labourers,” Das said.
Talking to the students, the CM said that the tribal people have protected their culture and civilisation against all odds. They should be vigilant still. The government is removing middlemen and focusing on development and strengthening the institutions.
The CM also said that Uttrakhand and Chhattisgarh have declared their local policy and thousands of people got jobs there. “The government defined local policy and opened vacancies for the people. Posts in scheduled districts have been reserved for the locals for ten years. 40,000 appointments have been done so far. The Government is focusing on agriculture, IT, Industry and tourism sectors to employ people and develop the state. Investors in the GIS proposed investment in these sectors,” Das added.
The CM also answered to the questions of students and told them that no one can snatch the land of tribals without their consent. “Please let me know if government has forcibly taken land from any raiyyatIJ” he asked.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sudarshan Bhagat also reiterated the need to clear confusion of the people of the State about CNT and SPT Acts amendment. “I do not think there is any evil intention of the Government behind the amendment but there is lot of confusion among the people of the State, which needs to be cleared,” Bhagat said.