Following the stay on the earlier Supreme Court order to evict over 1 million tribals, owing to the rejection of the FRA claims, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M), Brinda Karat, questions why the BJP-led government at the Centre let the situation get to this point. Karat accuses the ruling party of catering to the corporate interests. She also discusses the attempts being made to dilute the Forest Rights Act.
First published in Newsclick.
