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No land 27 years after being freed as bonded labourers
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April 21, 2021 23:30 IST
Forest Dept. recently took back the land on which they were allowed to cultivate; officials assure alternative land will be identified
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Dalit families of Ganguru in Arkalgud taluk have been waiting for land since 1994.
Forest Dept. recently took back the land on which they were allowed to cultivate; officials assure alternative land will be identified
“Now, we are left with no option but to go back to work as bonded labourers,” rued Lakshmamma of Ganguru in Arkalgud taluk on Friday. She is among the 91 people released as bonded labourers by the State government in 1994.
‘Parliamentarians have not raised voice against injustice done to Teltumbde’
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Writer and activist Anand Teltumbde has been in prison on false charges, but no parliamentarian has raised a voice against the injustice done to him, said H.M. Rudraswamy, a senior leader of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti.
He spoke at a seminar organised in memory of one of the founders of DSS, B.V. Chandraprasad Tyagi, in Hassan on Sunday.
The Kannada edition of a book on the Mahad Satyagraha written by R.B. More and Mr. Teltumbde was released on the occasion.
“The government has imprisoned Mr. Teltumbde after branding him a Naxal. But, none of our parliamentarians protested this. We have our representatives, but they have lost their voice,” he said.