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Medha expresses concern over Chengara incident

KOLLAM: Social activist Medha Patkar has expressed concern over the struggle for land by the landless poor at Chengara in Pathanamthitta district.

Talking to the The Hindu here on Thursday, she said Chengara was symbolic of what the Dalits and the Adivasis faced in the country.

Ms. Patkar wanted the State government to take a sympathetic attitude towards the Chengara struggle. She said she was confident that the Achuthanandan government would not allow another Nandigram at Chengara. She said the progressive elements in the government would understand the plight of landless people.

She said she was really worried over the situation last Monday when women involved in the struggle threatened self-immolation following reports that the police would move in to evict them from the estate.

Evicting them would be tantamount to a murderous action by the government, she said.

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