Siliguri, 05th April: The United Forum for Adivasi Rights took out a massive rally today to protest against the free holding of tea garden lease lands. A large number of tea garden workers gathered from Mallaguri in Siliguri this afternoon and took out a protest rally.
The rally commenced from Mallaguri and circumambulated Hillcart Road and concluded at the SDO where they submitted a memorandum regarding their demands to the state government. During this, the members of the organization said that the bill related to land that was brought in the Vidhan Sabha, as the No. 4 bill, which included the free holding of the leased lands of the tea garden. It is claimed that if the said lands are made freehold, then they will likely be sold which will result in the tea garden workers losing their rights from the garden.