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Landless farmers seek ownership rights

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: A delegation of landless farmers from 112 villages of Delhi who had been given an acre each of land by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi under the 20-Point Programme called on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president J. P. Agarwal earlier this week to demand that they be given ownership rights for their land.

Sheila’s assurance

AICC member Naresh Kumar, who led the delegation, said the way the Delhi Government had given ownership rights for residential plots given to landless farmers under the 20-Point Programme, so the landless should be given ownership rights for the farm land that had been given to them under the scheme.

Ms. Dikshit assured the delegation that she would look into their demands and give them ownership rights for their land. She said the Congress had always worked for the welfare of the landless, poor, farmers, Dalits, small traders and minorities.

Mr. Kumar also led a delegation to Delhi’s Police Commissioner Y. S. Dadwal to seek a ban on holding functions in the banquet halls in rural areas beyond 9 p.m. They also demanded a police check on playing of loud music and use of disc jockeys at such parties after 10 p.m. as it was a public nuisance and violated the Supreme Court orders.

The delegation said an end to late night party culture would also result in reduction in consumption of liquor in rural areas, lead to saving of money of the rural population and lower incidence of crime and accidents.

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