PATNA: Even while right and centrist political parties are hurling charges against each other over the implementation of Bandhopadhaya Commission
recommendation on implementation of Bataidari (share croppers) laws in Bihar, the CPI(ML) has decided to launch an agitation to protest the refusal of NDA government government to implement the same.
Two senior CPI(ML) leaders -- Nand Kishore Prasad and Dheerendra Jha -- on Thursday said the party would burn effigy of CM Nitish Kumar across the state for "betraying the poor" and "landless". The party would also hold a two-day meet at Muzaffarpur from October 31 to discuss strategy to launch a major agitation over of the issue, they said.
They accussed Nitish for "misleading" the poor and landless by forming a committee headed by principal secretary (revenue & land reforms) C Ashok Vardhan to study the recommendations of Bandopadhyaya commission.
The two CPI(ML) leaders also accused the government of running away from land reforms. Accusing both Nitish and RJD chief Lalu Prasad of indulging "shadow boxing' to stall the implementation of the recommendations of the land reforms commission, they said parties like RJD, BJP, JD(U) and Congress have been exposed over the issue.
Building constrution minister Chhedi Paswan, on the other hand, asked Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan to come out with a clear statement on the issue of implementation of Bataidari laws. He appealed to land owners not to be "misguided" by the statements of Lalu and Paswan and maintain peace.
He said the issue of Bataidari laws was becoming a confusing issue and the Opposition was only adding to the confusion. He recalled that when he went to lay foundation stones of some buildings in Rohtas and Kaimur districts recently, he found people concerned about the state government's stand on the issue.
The minister said the confusion on the issue was such that some people asked him if the land owners would not be able to do farming on their own fields.
"The people are confused that the state government wants to implement the Bataidari laws," he said. He pointed out that the Bataidari Act came into existence in 1985 during the Congress regime.
"However, neither the Congress nor the Lalu-Rabri regime implemented the Act and Lalu even made public statements that it would not be implemented," the minister said adding that CM Nitish Kumar had made it clear that status quo would be maintained.
"Our position on the Bataidari laws are the same as that of the previous government and no new initiatives will be taken," he said.
Source: Times of India, October 23, 2009
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