Oppn corners govt over patta promise to tribals; Let's sit & sort it out, says CM
Raising the issue, Singhar said that more than 2.3 lakh applications from tribals for patta on the land of their habitation has been rejected in MP and the state stands second in the entire country in rejecting the application for patta by the tribals. He cited the example of Nepanagar where application for patta from more than 3,000 tribals has been rejected and the forest staff was stopping them from farming on the land they have been in possession for years.
Minister of state for forest, Dileep Ahirwal in his written reply to the call attention motion, said that under the Act, 2.3 lakh tribals, who were in possession of forest land before 2005, have been given ownership right over 3.7 lakh hectare forest land and it was not true that the forest department was indiscriminately rejecting the claim of tribals over land of their habitation.
CM Yadav said that the state government proposes to make the data of tribals in possession of forest land before 2005 available online.
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Senior Congress MLA Ajay Singh said that the state govt should carry out a survey again to verify claims of 68,000 claims, which have been rejected. Ahirwar, however, said that inspection was done three times to ascertain the claims before they were turned down.
Hiralal Alawa, Phool Singh Baraiya, Mohanlal Valmik and Abhay Mishra of the Congress also participated in the debate before the CM intervened and said that he was prepared to discuss the issue with the Congress MLAs.
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