Farmers have sought the immediate abrogation of a slew of legal decree passed by the outgoing BJP government when in power and whose passage had drawn widespread opposition by the farming community.
This includes the Karnataka Land Reforms Act which was passed to ease the restriction on purchase of agricultural land by non-agriculturists and conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. Prior to the BJP passing the Act, there were stringent restrictions and only farmers could purchase agricultural land.
Kurubur Shanthakumar, president, Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators Association said here on Sunday, May 14, that the Karnataka Land Reforms Act was ‘’anti-farmer’’ in nature and was introduced by the BJP to facilitate industrialists to purchase land on a large scale.
