Live
- National Conference holds upper hand in J&K alliance as Congress performance below par
- BJP won nearly 2/3 seats it contested in J&K: Assam CM
- Shanghai Masters: Djokovic remains on course for100th tour-level title with win over Cobolli
- PM Modi compliments NC for its victory in J&K polls
- Fan murder case: Hearing on Kannada superstar Darshan's bail plea adjourned to Oct 9
- Kolkata CBI court denies bail to Kuntal Ghosh in teacher recruitment scam
- Congress did Haryana Exit Poll scam: Assam minister mocks Oppn
- Stop Naga human remains auction in UK: Nagaland CM urges EAM Jaishankar
- National Tennis C'ship: Vinayagamurthy stuns Sangram; Samarth keeps on winning in Fenesta Open
- 'Big achievement for AAP': Gopal Rai on AAP's maiden victory in J&K's Doda
Podu issue: Left to put up a united fight
Decided to put up a united fight against the State government, the leaders of three major Left parties – Pothineni Sudarshan Rao (CPM), Bagam Hemanth Rao (CPI) and Rayala Chandrasekhar (CPI-ML New Democracy) in Khammam district - said in a meeting here that the TRS government has been bulldozing the rights of tribal communities.
Khammam: The Left party leaders on Wednesday threatened the government of dire consequences if it fails to stop attacks against the hapless tribal farmers, who are eking out a livelihood by practicing podu cultivation.
Decided to put up a united fight against the State government, the leaders of three major Left parties – Pothineni Sudarshan Rao (CPM), Bagam Hemanth Rao (CPI) and Rayala Chandrasekhar (CPI-ML New Democracy) in Khammam district - said in a meeting here that the TRS government has been bulldozing the rights of tribal communities.
Denouncing the ineffective implementation of the Forest Rights Act and other provisions bestowed under the Indian Constitution, the leaders demanded the government grant of rights to Adivasis over ‘podu’ land in their possession for many decades.
The leaders said that in a bid to exert pressure on TRS government, a host of State leaders including CPM state secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram, CPI state secretary Chada Venkat Reddy and senior ND leader Vemulapalli Venkatramaiah will visit Khammam district on September 4.
The leaders will visit nine Podu cultivating villages in Chandruginda, Kothagudem and Yellandu mandals where the forest officials allegedly damaged crops of Adivasis.
