Adivasi-Dalit outfits seek land reforms to address landlessness in Keralam, warn ‘Land Reforms 2.0’ may benefit corporates
Adivasi-Dalit organizations in Kerala are opposing the government's 'Land Reforms 2.0' initiative, fearing it will favor corporate interests over landless citizens. They are calling for a more inclusive commission to address systemic landlessness and illegal plantation holdings.
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Addresses critical issues of land rights, social equity, and corporate influence in regional governance.
Adivasi-Dalit organisations have urged the Keralam government to enact legislation to distribute land among landless Adivasis, Dalits, plantation workers and other landless people, warning that the proposed ‘Land Reforms 2.0’ initiative could legitimise existing illegal landholdings and facilitate the transfer of plantation land to corporate ownership through the real estate market, rather than address landlessness.
The Ambedkarite Democratic Front (ADF), an umbrella organisation of over 50 outfits, has adopted a resolution calling for comprehensive land reforms. ADF general convener and social activist M. Geethanandan said the government should prioritise taking over plantations allegedly held illegally using forged documents and distributing the land among the landless.
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