Banking News – Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration Pratibha Rawal has stated that landless Dalits, squatters, and unorganized settlers receiving land ownership certificates (lalpurja) is not a political promise but their right.

Speaking with locals at Ganeshsthan in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11 on Monday, Minister Rawal, who had come to Chitwan to discuss the problems of landless, squatters, and unorganized settlers and the land ownership certificate distribution process, and to listen to their grievances, mentioned that in the past, the matter of land ownership certificate distribution had been used for political gain.

She said that land ownership certificates and politics should not be linked together and that the people must receive the land ownership certificate as it is a matter of their right.

Minister Rawal mentioned that the government has already removed the policy obstacles in distributing land ownership certificates to landless people and squatters through an ordinance, and urged the local levels and the committee related to land problem resolution to speed up the process now.

She said that now the policy does not stop giving land ownership certificates and that now it is a matter of intent. Local levels must speed up the process, and the land committee must conclude the work quickly.

Minister Rawal stated that landless people and squatters have had to suffer for a long time due to delays in land ownership certificate distribution, and clarified that the government is committed to providing them with land ownership certificates as soon as possible. During the discussion, locals raised their problems and grievances before the Minister. They expressed gratitude to Minister Rawal, stating that the government has initiated efforts to resolve their problems.

Minister Rawal has a program to visit all local levels in Chitwan to listen to the problems and grievances of landless people, squatters, and unorganized settlers. She expressed her commitment to listen to the problems of locals, hold discussions with relevant stakeholders for resolution, and resolve the problems immediately.