Farmers urge government to reject Pramoda Devi Wadiyar’s claim on Chamarajanagar land

Pramoda Devi Wadiyar claimed that the lands were part of the property of the former royal family of Mysuru as part of an agreement reached between the Grand Duke of Mysuru in 1951 and the Indian government. |Photo source: Ma Sriram

The Mysuru district department of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) urges authorities to reject a petition filed by Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of Mysuru’s former royal family, transferring Khata’s Khata to Khata’s estimated 5,000 acres of Kararajanagaragarant naarmyan nemanean tegeny inside sidday present day indday indday sidey sidday indday indday indday indday indday indday indday indday indday ind.

In a statement on April 14, KPRS urged the Karnataka government to protect farmers’ interests on this issue.

Sangha’s Mysuru region President Chikkanne Gowda and Secretary-General Jagadish Surya pointed out that these agricultural lands had been owned for a long time before farmers became their inheritance property.

KPRS urged Deputy Commissioner Chamarajanagar and Regional Commissioner of Mysuru to reject Ms. Wadiyar’s claim, which is “opposition to farmers and land reform bills that violate peaceful property of agricultural land”.

The Sangha has urged the authorities to immediately transfer farming and ownership to the farmers concerned and be prepared to defend their rights in any civil dispute that may arise.

Ms. Wadiyar had written to the Deputy Director and other officials of Chamarajanagar Shilpa Nag to transfer Khata to the Siddayyanapura residents of Chamarajanagar taluk during the claim filed on an estimated 5,000 acres of land in Chamarajanagar.

On April 14, Ms. Wadiyar delivered a speech at a press conference where she assured the residents of Siddayyanapura village that they did not need to worry about her claim on the land. Ms Wadiyar said: “Although the land is part of the property of the former royal family of Mysuru, which was part of an agreement reached between Mysore and the Indian government in 1951, Ms Wadiyar said her family would not take any action that could plague the residents of the village.