UDF sabotaging land reform laws, says VS
The HinduLeader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Saturday said that the Cabinet decision to regularise landfills prior to 2005, the government’s delay in publishing the land data bank, and the implementation of the law allowing conversion of 5 per cent of plantations for other purposes, amounted to sabotaging the land reforms laws. Inaugurating the valedictory of the three-day national seminar on “Kerala Economy in Transition: Challenges in Governance” here, Mr. Achuthanandan said the Left Democratic Front government had completed 90 per cent of the work on the data bank, but the United Democratic Front government had now issued orders cancelling it, besides calling for collection of fresh data. According to the new law, the Tatas could convert 2,900 of the 58,741 acres of land in its possession, while Harrison Malayalam Company, which had over 2.5 lakh acres of land spread over two districts, could convert over 11,000 acres for real estate purposes, he said. Observing that it was gross injustice to allow corporates like Kannan Devan and Harrison Malayalam more concessions, Mr. Achuthanandan said plantations were excess land once they ceased to be plantations.
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