Dushyant Chautala hits out at BJP on PLPA

Haryana MP Dushyant Chautala lashed out at the ruling BJP Monday for amending the Punjab Land Preservation Act, claiming it will destroy the forest cover in the Aravallis and cause immense damage to the environment if implemented.

The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader said Haryana already has a thin forest cover and after the implementation of the act, it will pose more danger to it.

"If the act is implemented, it will destroy the forest cover in the Aravallis (Faridabad-Gurgaon region) and cause immense damage to environment. The government wants to extend benefit to its own people and hence used its majority for passing the PLPA amendment bill," Chautala told reporters here.

The lawmaker claimed that the JJP is looking into who all have purchased lands in the Aravallis area recently.

Amid protests and walkout by the opposition, the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday passed amendments to an act, opening up thousands of acres to real estate and other non-forest activity that were ...