There is some hope for the thousands of jan satyagrahis who are marching from Gwalior to Delhi, as their five-member delegation is expected to take up their demands once again with Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh in Delhi today.
The protesters, under the banner of NGO Ekta Parishad, are marching from Gwalior to Delhi demanding a national land reform policy and plan to hand over a memorandum to the Centre to highlight their problems. The protesters from 26 states hope to complete this challenging journey by October 28.
The minister had met the satyagrahis on October 2 in Gwalior and held discussions on their demands of land to everyone for housing and farming. He said that their demands are reasonable but the government would need at least six months to try and materialise it.
In a remote Patna district of Bihar, Badriram, a 50-year-old daily wager lives with his wife and 10 children in a 10 by 15 feet hut. Earning 2000 rupees a month, he has encroached on government land all his life and hopes that by joining the protest, he will one day have a piece of land to call home.
"They are blaming each other and we have got nothing," he adds.
Jairam Ramesh's office got in touch with Ekta Parishad's chairman PV Rajgopal. Mr Rajgopal is expected to speak with Mr Ramesh soon to reach a resolution and end the deadlock between the Centre and the satyagrahis.
The protesters, under the banner of NGO Ekta Parishad, are marching from Gwalior to Delhi demanding a national land reform policy and plan to hand over a memorandum to the Centre to highlight their problems. The protesters from 26 states hope to complete this challenging journey by October 28.
The minister had met the satyagrahis on October 2 in Gwalior and held discussions on their demands of land to everyone for housing and farming. He said that their demands are reasonable but the government would need at least six months to try and materialise it.
In a remote Patna district of Bihar, Badriram, a 50-year-old daily wager lives with his wife and 10 children in a 10 by 15 feet hut. Earning 2000 rupees a month, he has encroached on government land all his life and hopes that by joining the protest, he will one day have a piece of land to call home.
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"They are blaming each other and we have got nothing," he adds.
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Jairam Ramesh's office got in touch with Ekta Parishad's chairman PV Rajgopal. Mr Rajgopal is expected to speak with Mr Ramesh soon to reach a resolution and end the deadlock between the Centre and the satyagrahis.
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