CPI demands UP govt to extend date for accepting money in Dadri land

newkerala.com published the following news today :
Lucknow, Jun 21 : Communist Party of India (CPI) today appealed to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to extend the date to accept money for returning the land to farmers taken by the previous Mulayam Singh Yadav government for setting up a gas-based power project in Dadri.
In a statement here today, CPI State Unit Secretary Girish said he had written a letter to Ms Mayawati to extend the date by about three months so that the farmers could return back the money taken as compensation for getting their land.He has also asked the state government to withdraw all criminal cases against the farmers lodged during the acquisition of the concerned land by the previous government. ''When the Allahabad High Court had ordered return of the farmers' land, then why the government was continuing the criminal cases against the farmers,'' he asked from the government.Meanwhile, Kishan Manch and Maharana Sangram Singh Kishan Sangarsh Samiti will take out a rally in Dhaulana in Gautam Buddha Nagar district on June 25, birthday of former Prime Minister late V P Singh, to celebrate the victory of the farmers in the Dadri case.The rally will be addressed by CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan, Dr Girish and Kishan manch leader Vinod Singh.