Land reforms top priority of Jan Suraaj: PK
Jan Suraaj
founder
Prashant Kishor
(PK) said on Monday that land reforms will be his party's top priority if it comes to power in Bihar, but not for creating family feuds but to provide land to the 60% landless people in the state.
Addressing reporters at Arwal, PK flayed the state govt for conducting land survey in a hurried manner without preparations, leading to fleecing of people in the name of land records by the officials at block offices. He said there are 60% landless people in the state and 86% of them are from dalit section of the society, compared to 38% landless people in the country. His priority will be to bring down the state average to at least the national level by reducing 20-25% of the landless numbers in the state.
PK also said RJD neta Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has, at least, taken a baby step against the liquor prohibition policy of the Nitish govt in Bihar by promising to exclude toddy from the banned list. He said there is only prohibition law in the state while liquor is being sold everywhere.
"The govt is not only losing revenue in the range of Rs 15,000-20,000 crore annually but also making the women fool for votes. If liquor ban is so good, why not the BJP implements it in the states, including Uttar Pradesh, being ruled by the party?" he asked.
PK clarified why he is against the prohibition policy in the state and said the dalits and people from the extremely backward classes are being harassed by the police in the name of liquor ban.
The former poll strategist said land reforms are badly needed in the state. He asked why so many people in the state are landless despite the fact that the govt had acquired around 25 lakh acres of land under the Ceiling Act and Bhoodan movement in Bihar. "What happened to the land acquired and why was it not distributed among the landless people?" he asked and added, "There will be no need to snatch anyone's land to give it to the landless."
He also said Jan Suraaj will distribute tickets for the coming assembly election due later this year to the capable people of every caste and class according to their population in the state. He said the candidates will be announced in a few months.
"The first criterion for tickets in Jan Suraaj will be the candidate's ability. But the number of capable people in Bihar is much more, so tickets will be given to the competent people of that society in proportion to their population in the state," he said.
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