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The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) connected Thursday (November 20, 2025) accused the Madhya Pradesh Government of misleading the farmers successful a notification issued to amend the strategy connected Wednesday, successful narration with the onshore pooling strategy for the improvement of imperishable infrastructure for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, 2028, successful Ujjain.
The improvement comes days aft Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, pursuing a gathering with officials and husbandman leaders, announced the reversal of the scheme that has been opposed by thousands of farmers successful the portion whose lands autumn successful the Mela area.
In a statement, the BKS, an RSS-backed husbandman organisation, said that during the talks with Mr. Yadav and authorities representatives connected November 17, it was decided that the onshore pooling strategy volition beryllium repealed but the notification is “complicating the matter”.
As per the notification issued by the Urban Development and Housing Department, the authorities specified assorted rules conditions for the implementation of the ‘Nagar Vikas Scheme’. The strategy is aimed astatine processing the Simhastha country by the Ujjain Development Authority.
While the strategy volition stay applicable for onshore pieces marked for purposes specified arsenic roads, h2o supply, drainage and sewage; lands for immoderate different purposes specified arsenic imperishable ashrams and different infrastructure volition stay exempt from the scheme, arsenic per the notification.
“All lands required for the purposes specified nether Section 50(12)(a) of the Madhya Pradesh Town and Village Investment Act, 1973, escaped from each encumbrances, person been afloat vested successful the Town and Country Development Authority. compensation for onshore acquired for roadworthy and societal infrastructure volition beryllium determined separately,” the notification read.
The BKS has, however, raised suspicious implicit the government’s “intent” and warned of restarting the agitation portion demanding a implicit rotation backmost of the scheme.
Speaking to The Hindu, BKS State president Kamal Singh Anjana said, “We had an large agitation planned for November 18 successful Ujjain truthful connected the 17th evening, the authorities called america for discussions. After the meeting, we were assured that the strategy volition beryllium revoked. The CM announced it himself and was covered successful the media significantly. Now, this notification appears to beryllium conscionable twisting the wordings of the strategy and creates disorder among farmers.”
“We person fixed the authorities 2 days. Revoke the ‘Nagar Vikas Scheme’ wholly oregon we volition re-launch our agitation. Why bash you privation to make the Simhastha country similar a town? It’s known for tents and accepted acceptable up gatherings. Let it stay similar that,” Mr. Anjana said, opposing the engagement of the Town and Country Development Authority.
Madhya Pradesh Congress’s husbandman compartment president Kedar Sirohi called for clarity connected the substance arsenic the strategy impacts 5,000-8,000 husbandman families successful 17 villages successful the region.
“The authorities needs to bring a papers successful wide words. Verbal assurances volition not assistance present due to the fact that the Chief Minister already did that. Still, this notification shows that determination are 2 views wrong the authorities and idiosyncratic is trying to undermine the CM’s words,” helium said.
Government officials, however, reason that the earlier implications of the onshore pooling strategy person been gotten escaped of and that the notification volition lone beryllium applicable connected astir 70 hectare of land.
“Earlier, 2,378 hectare onshore was required but present lone astir 70 hectare is needed for indispensable infrastructure similar roads and drainage. The medication is besides looking to utilise arsenic overmuch authorities onshore arsenic imaginable and further trim the request to get backstage land,” an authoritative successful the Urban Development and Housing Department said, connected the information of anonymity.
The onshore pooling strategy was introduced successful 2024 with an purpose of gathering a imperishable Kumbh metropolis with an concern of ₹2,000 crore and making imperishable infrastructure, including roads, ashrams for saints and akhadas, energy infrastructure, underground drainage system, hospitals, and government.
Until now, the authorities utilized to physique impermanent infrastructure for Simhastha Kumbh Mela, that takes spot each 12 years successful Ujjain. The strategy was seen arsenic an ambitious effort by Mr. Yadav, who is an MLA from Ujjain, to alteration it into a large pilgrim city.
The move, however, has met with changeless absorption from hundreds of farmers from the region.
