Assembly witnesses blame game on origin of Kasturirangan report

Though members cutting across party affiliations in the Assembly stressed the need for putting up a united fight to save the livelihoods of people with respect to the draft notification on Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) issued by the Centre, based on the Kasturirangan report, the House witnessed a political blame game on the origin of the report.

During the debate on the Kasturirangan report, the ruling Congress members, including Minister Eshwar B. Khandre and members A.S. Ponnanna and Beluru Gopalakrishna, sought to emphasise that the draft notification on the declaration of ESA had been issued by the NDA government at the Centre.