The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) on  Wednesday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to notify a law aimed at protecting the rights of tribals over forest land and resources.
In a letter to the prime minister, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat alleged that the government’s delay in issuing a notification of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2006 was “inexplicable” as it was passed by both houses of parliament in December last year.
Karat pointed out that a committee was formed in March this year and it submitted the draft rules in two months.
He said the announcement of the Act without its notification had led to a serious situation for tribals in many areas.