Stop acquisition, probe firing, say Rewari farmers - Real Estate India

??|?? July 25, 2012 ?? 04:50pm ??|Contributed by MANOJa

GURGAON: Ahead of their crucial meeting with the Haryana chief minister, Rewari farmers are firm on their demand to seek immediate cancellation of land acquisition proceedings and compensation to those injured in Sunday?s police firing.

The representatives of Bhoomi Adhigrahan Virodh Sangharsh Samiti (BAVSS) have also demanded a judicial probe into the shooting incident. ?We are hopeful that the state government will concede to our demand of judicial probe into the firing and cancellation of land acquisition,? said Ram Kishen Mehlawat, president of BAVSS. The villagers have been agitating against the land acquisition of over 3,000 acres in the region. The notification regarding the proceedings of the acquisition was issued last month.

The protest became violent on Sunday and the police had to resort to firing, in which several were injured and three villagers were shot. ?The judicial probe is a must, to know why the orders of police firing were given and who had given them. The injured should also be given compensation,? said Mehlawat. He added that two of the three villagers, Satbeer and Om Prakash are battling for their lives in a private hospital in Rewari while the third, Mahinder Singh is admitted in a Gurgaon hospital.

The villagers are also demanding the withdrawal of cases that have been registered against the protesters. Police have registered three FIRs and arrested scores of villagers in connection to Sunday?s violence. BAVSS representatives said that the state government must not be in a tearing hurry to go ahead with the acquisition since the new legislation on land acquisition is still pending in Parliament. ?The state government must not force the villagers to hand over their land as per old policy when the central government has conceptualized a new land acquisition policy focusing on the welfare of villagers and land owners,? said Mehlawat.

The villagers have pledged not to launch another protest if their demands are met and if the government reverses the land acquisition.

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