Farmers’ Displacement Battles – Legal and Otherwise
A Talk by Rachana Reddy We hear stories of agrarian crisis and farmers’ suicides almost every day. On one hand, farmers are fighting livelihood issues due to anti-farmers policies adopted by the government, on the other hand, farmers’ lands are illegally acquired by MNCs and government. The farmers are uprooted from their agricultural land and displaced. The recent attack on the farmers in Delhi on 2nd October tells a sorry state of affairs and the treatment meted out to them. The Dilli Chalo call is a protest march against the anti farmers’ policies and to tell the government that farmers are in turmoil and seek justice.
In this talk Rachana Reddy will focus on the issues of farmers’ displacement battles and what are the legal avenues available to them to fight out these perennial battles. Can the farmers challenge the government legally or otherwise on this? Come and listen to Rachana Reddy this Saturday, 3rd November 2018 at 7.00pm at Lamakaan.
ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
ABOUT RACHANA REDDY: Mrs. Rachna Reddy is currently a practising advocate at High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with 11 years of legal experience
She did her Masters in International Law & Human Rights from School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles. · Served as faculty at NALSAR University of Law. · Served as an Appellate brief writer for human rights project. · She has taken on Government of Telangana for its hasty attempts to acquire lands under various government schemes such as Mallanasagar Reservoir project and Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project etc. ·She has been fighting the cause of farmers who have been wronged by the State Government - the administrative order issued by the Telangana Government was in violation of the Central Land Acquisition Act, 2013. ·Thanks to Rachna’s initiatives High Court has quashed the GO 123 - the controversial order of Telangana Government. ·Mixing social activism with the legal profession she has been guiding many farmers to knock the HC doors against hasty land acquisition by Telangana Government.