Dear Friends

We are happy to inform you that after 6 months of agreement between Jan Satyagraha and Government of India, some steps have been taken by Minister of Rural Development (Chair, National Task Force on Land Reforms, Government of India).Please find the link for the whole compilation of Circulars issued by Minister on web site of Ministry of Rural Development (Government of
India).
http://rural.nic.in/sites/downloads/latest/JAN.SATYAGRAHA_BOOK14thApril
13.pdf
On the occasion of 6 month of agreement, a People’s Parliament has been organized on 13-14 April, jointly by Jan Satyagraha/ Ekta Parishad and National Alliance of Dalit Land Rights. On the very special occasion of birth anniversary of Dr Baba Sahab Ambedkar on 14th April, a joint call has been given to submit 2.5 million petitions for getting land rights. This joint action
was attended by 10,000 landless poor and several social organizations working on land rights. Several political leaders also came to express their solidarity with our movement.
The next step towards an Indian land rights movement on the national level will be to take the issue into the next general elections in India in the spring of 2014. Together with other land rights movements, Ekta Parishad launched here the slogan: «First land, then vote. No land, no vote.» We seek to make the urgently needed land rights a central issue in the upcoming election campaign.

Jai jagat

Ramesh Sharma

Campaign Coordinator – Ekta Parishad/ Jan Satyagraha

Please find the link for the latest news from JAN SATYAGRAHA
Ndtv
http://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/news/271342
Dalits demand land rights, The States Man
http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=451990
&catid=95
First Post India.
http://www.firstpost.com/india/nahi-zameen-nahi-vote-land-reforms-activists-gear-upfor-
2014-696329.html
Business Standard.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ektha-parishad-to-protest-forbringing-
in-land-reforms-113041100282_1.html
Frontline
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20130503300810000.htm
Building dreams for homeless, down to Earth
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/building-dreams-homeless
Dainik Jagaran
http://www.jagran.com/news/national-no-land-no-vote-protesters-10293445.html
Ndtv
http://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/news/269801
Live Mint
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/RLyElfnXKHFVznu6tXtARL/Campaign-to-demandland-
rights-for-Dalits.html
The Hindu.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dalit-activists-announce-twoday-sitin-for-landrights/
article4611313.ece