BHUBANESWAR: The State committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist- Leninist) Liberation today called upon the Government to go for land reforms to prove its sincerity towards the tribals and the landless people.

Describing the package announced by the Government for the tribals as hoax, secretary of the CPI(ML) Liberation Khitish Biswal said that the tribals of the State are the worst victims of the industrialisation process.

Alleging that the Naveen Patnaik Government is for the industrialists, the Left leader said tribals are being displaced in all the districts where major industries are proposed to be set up. The firing incident at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district and the tribal unrest at Niyamgiri area in Kalahandi districts are the testimony to anti-tribal policy of the Government.

Now tribals of the mineral-rich Keonjhar district are also facing the threat of displacement as the Government had committed to provide land for several steel projects including the greenfield project of Arcelor-Mittal.

The Government has started getting nervous as some of steel projects, including Arcelor-Mittal which proposed to set up a 12 million tonne capacity plant, threatened to quit.

The special developmental package for the tribals is nothing but to hoodwink the gullible tribals, he said.