Naidu Urged to Abolish Amendment Clauses in Assigned Lands Act

Kakinada: The Republican Party of India (RPI), All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) and Aam Admi Party (AAP) have urged CM-designate Nara Chandrababu Naidu to abolish the amendment clause in AP Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977.

This is necessary to protect the interests of the Schedule Caste and Scheduled Tribe people, AIFB state secretary Inapurapu Suryanarayana, RPI national secretary Pitta Vara Prasad and AAP district president Yarlagadda Srinivasa Rao told the media in Rajamahendravaram on Monday.

They said, “As per the Act, no landless poor person or his or her legal heir can transfer any land assigned for agricultural purpose, and no person can acquire any such assigned land, either by purchase, gift or lease (except in the case of Lease to the AP Green Energy Corporation for its use). But, the YSRC government made an amendment that the assigned land owners can sell or transfer their lands to others.”

As per the amendment, such lands have gone into the hands of other caste people and the original assigned land owners lost their right to the land. After noticing the cheating by the Jagan Reddy-led government, the SC, BC and STs defeated the party and helped the TD and its alliance parties win the present elections, these leaders claimed.

They urged Naidu to abolish the amendment clauses and provide rights against assigned land owners. Suryanarayana requested Chandrababu Naidu to distribute a sum of `2.500 crore to assigned land owners as the Jagan government acquired the lands from them to provide houses to the poor.

He said SC people under the Polavaram Project area should be given one acre of land as per the New Land Amend Act-2013, brought by the Union Government. The New Land Amendment Act should be implemented for paying compensation and R&R package to Polavaram victims.

The new government was also urged to reinstate 27 SC, and ST welfare schemes abolished by the YSRC government.