The great land grab for personal, political and corporate gains

The great land grab of India

Be it the Raman Singh-led BJP government in Chhattisgarh,

BJP Govt of Madhya Prades ,

Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh,

Biju's BJD govt in Orissa,

previous CPI(M)-led Left Front government's initiatives in West Bengal , they have all , for the immediate personal and political gains , overlooked the rights of the farmers and tribal land rights by taking up huge industrialisation and infrastructure projects

They have ignored the livelihood concerns of these land based communities,

-leading to unjust agricultural and forest land acquisition ,

-displacement of local and tribal communities,

-economic and social marginalisation of farming communities

-increasing risk of environmental hazards

-and increase in the number of landless labourers