This is what promoting capitalism in a country like India (where human rights are of zero significance) leads to. It will be hard to count the number of vicious angles of this story. In ordinary circumstances, Santram Paikara would have grabbed global headlines. After all, you dont get to hear stories about a poor tribal carrying out land deals worth crores of rupees every day. Why then the worlds not talking about Santram? Well, its because of the Jindals. When the Chhattisgarh tribal was buying land worth crores of rupees in Raigarh, 280 km from the state capital of Raipur, he was working with Jindal Power – earning a daily wage of Rs 160. That was in 2008. For five years, the world didnt have a clue about how Santram was landing up all those big-ticket deals. In March 2014, the Raigarh district administration stumbled upon the answer. A detailed list of tribal land transactions revealed that even though the deals took place between two tribals, the land was actually in possession of third parties – mostly middlemen or industries in Raigarh.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:47:11 +0000
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