Yogi blames Congress for land dispute killing

NPnews24 Online, Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath promised speedy justice to those killed in land dispute in Sonbhadra district, and also he blamed the congress party for the killing of 10 people. Deceased gunned down by men accompanying the Ubha gram pradhan Yagya Dutt, had gone to Sapahi village in the district to take possession of 90 bigha of land.

Chief Minister Adityanath said the genesis of the problem lies in the congress rule. He said, “If you go to the bottom of the issue, you will know that in 1955, when there was a Congress government [in Uttar Pradesh], an Adarsh Society was created with the intention to grab the land of the people.”

He said the land was transferred to the Adarsh Society in 1955, when “the illegal work was done”. The Adarsh Society held the land till 1989, Adityanath said.

The chief minister said, “In 1989, when again there was a Congress government [in Uttar Pradesh], the land ownership was changed from Adarsh Society to an individual. That individual sold this land to the gram pradhan of Ubha in 2017.