Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly on Wednesday witnessed protests by opposition BJP and Congress members over the state government’s decision to allow scheduled tribe (ST) people to sell their land to non-tribals.
As soon as the members assembled for the Question Hour, the agitating BJP and Congress MLAs trooped into the well of the House and shouted slogans demanding immediate withdrawal of the decision leading to several adjournments. Both the treasury bench members and the opposition called each other ”anti-tribal”.
It is to be noted that on November 17, the Odisha government withheld the decision taken in the Cabinet meeting held on November 14 regarding the transfer of tribal lands. Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi informed about the development on his social media account X (earlier known as Twitter.
The Odisha cabinet on November 14 had decided to amend the Odisha Scheduled Areas Transfer of Immovable Property (by STs) Regulation, 1956 to allow the ST people to transfer their land to non-tribals in scheduled areas with a written permission from the sub-collector. However, two days later, the government withheld the decision.
Opposition MLAs from Congress and BJP raised slogans against the State government and demanded the Odisha cabinet to re-evaluate the bill regarding the transfer of tribal lands.
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