Pawan opposes forcible acquisition of farmland

Hyderabad: Actor and Jana Sena Party Chief Pawan Kalyan has opposed the forcible acquisition of agricultural land and asked the Andhra Pradesh government not to invoke the land acquisition act against the farmers under the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) area.

Pawan Kalyan, who had earlier expressed similar reservations against acquisition of land from the farmers in the CRDA region, had gone to the extent of fighting for their cause during his visit to the area if their land was taken away forcibly.

However, he had learnt to have rescinded his strong opposition when he was impressed upon by the emissaries from the government that it would take lands from the farmers under the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS), in which farmers were willingly surrendering their lands for the new capital.

After a lull, once again, the Jana Sena chief had stepped up his ante against the government following its recent announcement that it would invoke the Land Acquisition Act to pool up the lands from the farmers, who have not so far voluntarily surrendered their lands under the LPS. This time, Pawan Kalyan asked the government not to invoke the Land Acquisition Act against the farmers for the capital city.