TEAM HERALD
bureau@herald-goa.com
BICHOLIM: A difference of opinion has cropped up between the Mayem Bhuvimochan Nagrik Kruti Samiti (MBNKS) and its legal advisor over a solution to the vexed Custodian issue in Mayem village.
Addressing a press conference at Mayem, the MBNKS, fighting for the liberation of Mayem, claimed that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had given them three options for the liberation of Mayem and they have accepted the third option.
“The third option grants class 1 occupancy rights to the local sons of the soil to the extent of about 1,000 sq mtrs of land to each household,” stated Samiti President Kashinath Mayekar.
“The government will acquire all the custodian property and in turn hand it over to the villagers of Mayem,” added Mayekar.
“The chief minister has also promised us to request the Governor to include the liberation of Mayem in his speech on January 26 to assure us of our freedom,” said Mayekar.
Samiti Secretary Sakharam Pednekar, Vice President Yeshwant Karbhatkar and members Harishchandra Chari, Kalidas Kavlekar, Deepak Mandrekar, Sandeep Mainkar and Narayan Malwankar were among others present for the press conference.
Later, the legal advisor of the Samiti, Adv Ajitsingh Rane, through another press conference stated that he was not called for the press conference called by the Samiti and alleged the “chief minister is trying to just eyewash the people of Mayem.”
“Even the third option is unacceptable as Form I & XIV of Mayem land, there is the name of the government and I just wonder how can the government take the land possession from itself,” stated Rane.
“Further as per the clause, even if people from Mayem would be given class 1 rights their land will be given on lease for about 99 years to the villagers,” added Rane.
“As a legal advisor, I strongly oppose this move and demand with the chief minister to implement the Bill we had submitted on December 5, 2012, for the true liberation of Mayem,” Adv Rane demanded.
