Raja grabbed dalit land in hometown
December 13th, 2010
DC
2G spectrum scam, A. Raja, dalit lands grabbing Dec. 12: The former
communications and IT minister, Mr A. Raja, and his associates have
allegedly grabbed dalit lands in his district even while the Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, has been trying to drum up
sympathy for the DMK leader saying that he was being victimised in the
2G spectrum allocation scam only because he was a dalit.
Dozens of dalits of Naranamangalam village, in Perambalur district,
claim that they have been cheated by Mr Raja and his associates who
grabbed their land with the help of the police and revenue officials.
Mr Chandrasekhar (45), a dalit from Naranamangalam, used to be a
land-owner three years ago. Today, he works as a casual labourer near
the Perambalur bus terminus, earning Rs 80 a day to support his
five-member family.
"I barely managed to survive using the income I got from my ancestral
property of 3.5 acres of land. When MRF approached me through Green
House Promoters to sell my property for the factory in 2007, I
refused. But, I was threatened to part with it for Rs 90,000 an acre
by Mr Selvaraj, one of the directors of Green House Promoters, and his
associate Mr Senthil Murugan," he said.
While the illiterate villager was told that the land would be handed
over to MRF, he found out about a year later that Mr Selvaraj retained
the land and had rented it out to MRF for Rs 50,000 a month and got an
advance of Rs 3,00,000. "When I approached Green House Promoters, they
threatened to eliminate me," Mr Chandrasekhar said.
And he is not the only dalit who has been cheated. At least 60 dalit
families from the village have lost their property to Green House
Promoters, which is one of the real estate companies allegedly owned
by Mr Raja. "Even last week, we gave a petition to the district
revenue authorities. But they threatened to drive us away," says Mr
Raja Chidambaram, district secretary of the Tamizhaga Vivasayigal
Sangam, the organisation taking up the issue with the government.
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