The Congress on Tuesday applauded the Supreme Court’s interim order asking the States and Union Territories to act as per the definition of a “forest” laid down by the top court in a 1996 judgement, and said that it was committed to protecting forests and environment when an INDIA bloc government is formed at the Centre.
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Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh accused the Narendra Modi-led government of tweaking the laws to make it easier to hand over India’s forests and pollute the environment, to benefit Mr. Modi’s “corporate crony friends.”
