All India Khet Mazdoor Kisan Sabha National Convener and Rythu Coolie Sangham of Andhra Pradesh State President Simhadri Jhansi on September 3 urged the Opposition parties to register their objections and strive hard to repeal the amendments made to the Forest Conservation Act (1980) in the special Parliament session to be convened between September 18 and 22.
She said that lakhs of tribal people of Srikakulam and Parvatipuram-Manyam district would face untold miseries as the Act would allow the surrender of forest lands to the corporate sector, under the guise of development. She held a preparatory meeting in Srikakulam to garner support from a maximum number of tribal people for the All India Adivasi Convention to be organised on September 12 in Visakhapatnam.
Speaking on the occasion, she said that the special Parliament session would be a great opportunity for Opposition parties to register their protest over the amendments that were made in the last session without any discussion.
