Congress MP Abdul Khaleque slams eviction drive in Assam
The Hindu
State evicting people amid COVID-19 crisis, he says
A Congress MP has slammed the “two-faced” drive by the BJP-led government to make Assam encroachment-free. He has also asked the Gauhati High Court to take note of the eviction drive that violates human rights amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Abdul Khaleque, who represents western Assam’s Barpeta constituency in the Lok Sabha, said the State government’s move to evict thousands of settlers from more than 77,000 bighas of State-owned land was “two-faced”. This was in reference to 2.28 lakh periodic pattas (land deeds) and allotment certificates distributed among landless people belonging to the indigenous communities on more than 2.09 lakh bighas of government land during the tenure of Sarbananda Sonowal.More Related News

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