Agitating landless people reach deal with govt; Land Commission within two weeks
The National Land Rights Forum, a pressure group of landless people around the country, has agreed to stop its agitation after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal gave his commitment to address its demands.
During a meeting with the representatives of the Forum Saturday, PM Dahal assured that the government would form a high-level Land Commission, which is the main demand of the landless people, within two weeks.
The PM also assured that the landless people would be represented in the high-level commission that will devise policies on land ownership as well as distribution of land to the landless farmers, freed Kamaiyas and Haliyas.
Landless people have been staging dharna (sit-in protest) at Khula Manch in Kathmandu for a week now, demanding state guarantee of land ownership to all the landless people in the country. They have also demanded immediate scrapping of the Land Act 2021 B.S.
Later in the afternoon, Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Baldev Ram, the chairman of the Forum, signed an agreement which charts the commitment made by the Prime Minister. In the agreement, the government has assured of land ownership to landless farmers.
After signing the agreement with the government the Forum announced withdrawal its ongoing protest programmes. nepalnews.com mk Nov 29 08
