Responding to Friday’s band staged under the leadership of the Singh Mansion, the opposite camp- those who are not in favour of changes in the Chhotan

12 feb..2012

Rallies, Dharna mark Day 2 of CNT dispute

Responding to Friday’s band staged under the leadership of the Singh Mansion, the opposite camp- those who are not in favour of changes in the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNT Act) took out rallies across the Coal Belt on Saturday.

A daylong maha dharna was held in the city to mount pressure on the sated gernment for a tatal implementation of the act under the banner of the CNT Act Samarthak Sanjukta Morcha(SSM).

Those who took part in the dharna paraded through the main thoroughfares of the city and assembled at the Ramdjor Verma Chouwk where a public meeting was held. Senior district party leaders of AJSU, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the Marxist Coordination Committee(MCC) addressed the meet and called upon their supporters to gear up for a long battle in the days to come. The meeting also resolved to form differe t groups in order to spearhead the agitation.

All the three parties, including the MCC-JMM and AJSU which have been leading the agitation in favour of the existing (CNT Act) also directed their functionaries to chalk out a ruture course of action to build up pressure on the government. These parties have formed the CNT SSM to spoarched their campaign in favour of the act and discussed their future course of action.

Earlier, leaders of the JMM including Rekha Mandal, Kansari Mandal and others led a colourful procession comprising schooldhildren, college students and motorcycle-borne youths who paraded through the main roads of the city.

Traditional musical bands played tribal music to add the attraction to the rally. No uptoward lancident, was however, reported from any part of the city.