Assam: KMSS Demands Land Rights for the Indigenous

Guwahati, November 29, 2019:

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samii (KMSS), which is one of the most influential farmers' bodies in the state, staged a massive protest in Assam capital Dispur, and demanded land pattas for the indigenous 'sons of the soil' who have settled in urban areas in 2011, or earlier.

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The KMSS Chief Akhil Gogoi has demanded land pattas for the indigenous Assamese. Gogoi also condemned the new Land Policy 2019 of the Assam Government, and stated, "Under the 14th , only 1 katha, 5 lasa has been promised to people to people who have settled on a plot of land -- on the condition that they do not have land anywhere else."

Gogoi alleged that this proves that the Government's new land policy is 'anti-indigenous', and the people should be be given the land rights of the people who have settled. "This targets the indigenous people in the metros", Gogoi alleged, adding that only rich businessmen will be able to own land in Assam now.

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Scores of protesters, who have arrived from all corners of Assam, descended on Dispur carrying banners demanding the Government give the indigenous people of the state their deserved rights, and raised slogans against the BJP Government in the state.

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Earlier, the farmers' body had staged a protest in front of the Governor's residence, and submitted a set of demands, which they wished him to convey to the BJP leadership in the power corridors of New Delhi.

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