Fulfilling poll vows not Raj Bhawan's job: Guv

"Raj Bhawan is not there to fulfill the political promises by any leader," said governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, while clarifying his stance on allegations by Himachal Pradesh revenue minister Jagat Singh Negi regarding delays in approving the government's proposal regarding the suspension of the Forest Conservation Act to allocate land to landless individuals.

- Shailee Dogra

SHIMLA:

He was interacting with the media after flagging off the trucks carrying relief material to Kullu on Friday. The issue of suspension of Forest Conservation Act in tribal areas of the state paving way for the tribal people to get Nautor land seems to have become a tipping point between the Himachal governor and revenue minister Jagat Singh Negi.

Negi had, in an interview with media, expressed his displeasure over the non-approval of cabinet proposal regarding Nautor. Nautor is waste land owned by the central government outside towns, reserved and demarcated as protected forests and given for use with the sanction of a competent authority.

The revenue minister has said that this proposal has been pending in the Raj Bhawan for around two years. Negi said that he will meet the governor once again and try to get the proposal approved. If even then positive results are not achieved, then he will use the right of peaceful protest given in the Constitution. The revenue minister had said that if needed, he will also take to the streets along with the public.