CPM stage dharna demanding house sites to poor

Vijayawada, June 19 (UNI) More than 500 activists of Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist) today staged a dharna in front of the Municipal Corporation here demanding house sites to the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.

Addressing the activists, CPI(M) State Council member Ch Babu Rao demanded that the government should allot the 29,000 houses, constructed under the JNNURM scheme in the city, to the poor.

He said the party opposed the government's decision to transfer 1500 houses, constructed under JNNURM to 'Rajiv Gruhakalpa' scheme.

He alleged that the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh was not sincere in implementing the land reforms and allocating house sites to the poor.

The CPI(M) would continue with the 'Bhooporatam' agitation till the government distribute lands to the poor.

A report from Machilipatnam said 25 CPI(M) activists were arrested after they occupied 12 acres of land at Veerulapadu as part of their agitational programme.

UNI