Karnataka govt to revive constraints on possessing farming lands

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday stated his federal government will certainly revive a legislation that disallowed non-agriculturists from buying farmlands, an expensive reform the previous BJP program had actually presented to liberalise landholdings.

Siddaramaiah stated this at an occasion to memorialize previous principal preacher D Devaraj Urs on his 109th birth wedding anniversary.

“I am waiting for (Congress) to get a majority in the Legislative Council. Once that happens, definitely we will restore Sections 79A and B of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act,” Siddaramaiah stated.

It was Urs that modified the land reforms regulation to finish “atrocities” by landholders, Siddaramaiah explained.

“Urs said that land should belong to the tiller. But what’s happening today? Forget tillers, anyone can buy land now. Those who’ve never held a plow can purchase land. And, we’re tolerating this,” he stated. “Who did that? It was those with vested interests who are against social change,” he stated.

In the 75-member Legislative Council, Congress holds 35 seats, 3 except an easy bulk.

In 2020, the BJP federal government modified the Karnataka Land Reforms Act and left out Sections 79 A, B and C, consequently enabling also non-agriculturists to acquire and have ranch lands.

Section 79A disallowed an individual (or a family members) with a yearly non-agricultural revenue of Rs 25 lakh from obtaining farming land. Section 79B defined that just an individual growing land directly can hold farming land. Section 79C recommended fines for wrongly declaring qualification to hold farming land.

The after that BJP federal government suggested that the stipulations had actually outlasted their energy and were causing corruption.

As Leader of the Opposition, Siddaramaiah had actually explained the action as “a scam bigger than illegal mining” and asserted that ranch lands worth Rs 50,000 crore would certainly be shed.

Earlier this year, Siddaramaiah had actually ensured farmers that the Karnataka Land Reforms Act would certainly modified as what the BJP had actually done was”anti-farmer”

Siddaramaiah is anticipated to fulfill resistance from his event coworkers, the majority of whom remain in favour of maintaining farming landholdings liberalised.