கேரள கம்யூனிஸ்டுகளின் ஏமாற்றுவேலை

கேரள முதலமைச்சர் அச்சுதானந்தன், ஒரு காட்டு நிலத்தை டாடாவிடமிருந்து மீட்டதாக நாடகம் பண்ணினார்.
அந்த நிலம் ஏற்கெனவே கேரள வனத்துறையின் கீழ்தான் இருக்கிறது. 1974இல் அந்த நிலம் கேரள அரசுக்கு சொந்தமானதாக ஆக்கப்பட்டது என்பதை கேரள கம்யூனிஸ்ட் சிபிஐ உறுப்பினர் போட்டு உடைத்துவிட்டார்.

கோஷம் போட்டு கூத்தடித்தால், ஏமாந்து கேரள மக்கள் ஓட்டுப்போடுவார்கள் என்பதை நன்றாகவே லாட்டிரி அடிக்கும் கேரள கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் தெரிந்துவைத்திருக்கிறார்கள்.

Kerala government faces embarrassment over Tata land
PTI
Thursday, July 05, 2007 16:53 IST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an embarrassment for Kerala's ruling LDF in its drive against encroachment, the government today clarified that a vast stretch of land retrieved in Munnar under the personal initiative of the chief minister was not in the possession of the Tata Group as was claimed earlier.

In a statement made in the assembly, Revenue Minister KP Rajendran said about 1300 acres 'taken back' by the eviction
task force in Munnar in Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan's presence was in the possession of the forest department.

Rajendran, a CPI nominee in the cabinet, said the land in question was vested with the forest department through a
decision of the Land Board in 1974.

Achuthanandan, who was in Munnar two days ago, had then claimed the land was held by Tata group's Kanan Devan tea estate and was in excess of the land allotted to it.

He had also asserted that this marked the beginning of the process to retrieve about 50,000 acres allegedly held by the Tata Group.

The Tata Group had clarified that it had nothing to do with the land as the property had long been vested with the forest department.

Leader of Opposition Ommen Chandy had on Wednesday demanded a clarification from the government since conflicting claims had been made over the take-over of the land.