Sunday, 12 Jun 2011
Asking Orissa Government to refrain from forcible land acquisition for POSCO project near Paradip, Congress committed its support to the people unwilling to give their land for the South Korean steel maker.
Congress sent a four member team headed by party's chief spokesman Prof Kailash Acharya to Dhinkia area where about 600 policemen were deployed to acquire land for POSCO project.
Prof Acharya told PTI over phone that "Though chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik had announced that force won't be used for acquiring land for industries, today's incident proved his false claim.”
Stating that Congress was totally opposed to the use of force for setting up industries, Prof Acharya alleged that people were not consulted before acquiring their betel vines.
He said that "Land acquisition in Nuagaon gram panchayat is a clear case of state sponsored terrorism. No law is followed for acquiring land for POSCO.”
While the district administration of Jagatsinghpur claimed that it acquired 11 betel vines from Gobindpur village, the Congress team alleged that no beneficiary had turned up to receive compensation.
Prof Acharya said that "This indicated that betel vines are acquired without consent of people and by use of force.” (sourced from PTI)
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