NEW DELHI: (Jun 5) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Modi government’s argument that the Great Nicobar Island Project is about defence and a transshipment port is a “lie”, and alleged that it is actually about helping one businessman build hotels and casinos on India’s most irreplaceable ecological land.
Gandhi released an over 16-minute video based on his visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in late April.
In his post on X along with the video, Gandhi said, “I visited the southernmost tip of India. I stood at Indira Point. I walked under trees that have stood for centuries. I dove into coral reefs among the most vibrant on earth. And I sat with the people who live there. Tribal communities, whose land is being taken away by violating the Forest Rights Act. Settlers, many of them former soldiers, placed on these islands by the Indian government, who aren’t getting fair compensation.”
Source: PTI News
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