CPI (M) demands hakku patras for the poor

CPI (M) demands hakku patras for the poor

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, July 25: The CPI (M) organized a dharna with tahsildar office chalo in front of the DC’s office today urging the state government to issue hakku patras to the poor people living at Lingappayyakadu at Mulky. 

Lingappa Nanthoor, the secretary of the Dalita Hakkugala Samithi, told reporters that the government is harassing the poor people without giving them hakku patras. He said that the CPI (M) and the beneficiaries have submitted a memorandum to the tahsildar and the deputy commissioners of various taluks, but no action has been taken in favour of these beneficiaries.

The state government said that ration cards cannot be issued without door numbers, adding that if the hakku patras are not given to these people, they will not be able to get ration cards as well as door numbers. 

Balakrishna Shetty inaugurated the dharna and said that the committee has submitted a memorandum to various authorities, but none of them has responded to it. He also said that 300 families in Tannirbhavi, who are living in 2-cent and 3-cent plots, are fighting for their hakku patras, but the government is least bothered about their problems. 

Accusing the BJP-led state government of behaving like the British who colonized India, he said that the CM wants to rule for two more years, owing to which the poor people have no future. 

Comrade Krishnappa Konchady said that the committee will fight for justice and organize protests at various levels.