Land rights bodies protest rejections under Mission Basundhara 2.0, Assam

 Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Mati Pattakaran Sangram Samiti, an organization demanding land documents for the indigenous people residing in the city, on Monday extended its support to the state-wide protest organized by Bhumi Adhikar Sangram Samittee, Assam, against the rejection of land rights applications under Mission Basundhara 2.0.

Bhumi Adhikar Sangram Samittee, Assam, (BASSA) organized a state-wide symbolic silent protest against the alleged betrayal by the BJP government in providing land documents to the 85,000 families in Guwahati and 10 lakh families across the state who had applied for the same through Mission Basundhara 2.0.

In a press release issued by BASSA secretary Pradip Sarma and president Prabinjyoti Kalita, they informed us that around 85,000 indigenous families have been residing for generations in the 18 hills in the city. They alleged that, prior to the elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had promised to provide land rights to the indigenous people living in the city through Mission Basundhara 2.0. Around 1 lakh people living in the 18 hills and plain areas of the city applied for land documents through Mission Basundhara 2.0 with enthusiasm and by spending money, they said. However, they said that their dreams were not realized.

They went on to say that the applications for land documents by the indigenous people were rejected on flimsy grounds. To mark their protest against perceived injustice, BASSA and its sister organization launched a state-wide protest on Monday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The organization, therefore, appealed that their applications should be reviewed and their applications considered under the land policy in force prior to 1989, the policy adopted during the time of the late Bhumidhar Barman and that of Sarbananda Sonowal, so that land documents can be issued to them at nominal rates.

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