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Implement Forest Dwellers Act soon: Rawat

DEHRA DUN: The former Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president and Rajya Sabha M.P. Harish Rawat has threatened a massive agitation if the State Government did not implement the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act 2006 immediately.

Addressing a large number of Van Gujjars and other forest dwelling people during a token dharna cum fast at the Gandhi Park here, Mr Rawat said the Act if implemented would benefit about 20 lakh people who were under a constant threat of being uprooted from their traditional homes by the forest and other officials.

‘The forest dwellers are friends of the forests and wildlife and should be given all help to keep up their work of keeping the habitats rich’, he said urging the Khanduri Government to immediately implement the Act.

A number of party loyalists projected Mr Rawat as the future Chief Minister.

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