MLA Mantar visits site of landless protest

Monday, June 22: The landless protest in Kumbur village, demanding land, has entered its 52nd day, and MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda visited the site today and listened to the petition.

Since their demands have not been met so far, the protesters had decided to hold a hunger strike in front of MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda's house on Ta. 25. Alarmed by this, the taluk administration, taluk panchayat and police department went to the protest site with the MLAs today.

MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda spoke to the protesters and listened to the petition. Speaking on the occasion, All India Bahujan Samaj Party District President K. Monnappa said that Survey No. 125/1, Garagandur village, requested to be given a site at 22/1-2 and 40/1.

When the authorities informed that the place where the protest was being held was private land, the protesters expressed their anger and said that S.No. 125/1 has 31.20 acres of land in Ooruduve Paisari, out of which 2 acres of land was reserved for Navagram and an order was issued in 2011. They alleged that the land reserved for Navagram, including the remaining 29.10 acres, is now encroached. S.No. 22/1-2 in Garagandur has 12 acres of land, which is also Ooruduve Paisari. Here too, 2 acres of land has been allotted to a private person. The remaining 10 acres of land is encroached. S.No. There is 100 acres of land in 40/1, the entire land is encroached. They demanded that this encroachment be cleared and a site be provided to us.

Speaking on the occasion, MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda said that the land in all three survey numbers should be completely surveyed. He instructed Tahsildar Krishnamurthy to submit a report within Ta. 27. The Executive Officer asked the Taluk Panchayat to inform the Taluk Panchayat about which Gram Panchayat the protesters have arrived from. 

The protesters who do not agree to this are those who do not have a site in four Gram Panchayats. We will not come to your office. Send the Gram Panchayat Development Officers here and get information. Identify the eligible beneficiaries and make sure that their names are in the list of landless people in the Gram Panchayat or not, and if their names are missing, add them. They demanded that a sincere effort be made to resolve the issue within the next 30 days. The land indicated by the protesters should be surveyed immediately. The MLA assured that action would be taken to provide a site considering the availability of the land.

The protesters said that they would continue the dharna until the site is available. All India Bahujan Samaj Party District Vice President Kiran, Secretary Shivappa, Hobli President Somanna, General Secretary Sudeep and others were present on this occasion. Meanwhile, the dharna of the landless people has entered its 53rd day.

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