Walk the talk on protecting tribal rights, CPI(M) tells CM Naidu
The CPI(M) has criticized Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for failing to protect tribal rights and neglecting promises regarding land regulations and rehabilitation. The party is demanding concrete government action on several pending tribal welfare issues.
Why it matters
It highlights ongoing political tension regarding tribal land rights and the implementation of social welfare schemes in India's tribal-dominated regions.
The CPI(M) has urged Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to safeguard tribal rights by impleading the government in the case pending in the Supreme Court on the Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation (1/70), ensuring its strict implementation and issuing an alternative G.O. to replace G.O. No. 3.
In a letter to the Chief Minister on Tuesday, CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said the government’s assurance on protecting tribal rights was inadequate as it had not intervened in the Supreme Court case challenging the 1/70 Regulation.
He alleged that the government violated the spirit of the regulation by allowing private companies to establish pumped storage projects in Koyyuru, Hukumpeta and Ananthagiri mandals of Alluri Sitharama Raju district. It also alleged that the Centre, with the State’s support, permitted private firms to collect soil samples for proposed bauxite and other mineral exploration in Chintapalli and G.K. Veedhi mandals.
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