Nelliampathy: Ganesh sticks to his stand

Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar said here on Saturday that he sticked to his stand on the Nelliampathy issue.

He said that the UDF’s stand was that the land belonging to the Forest Department should be taken over by the State Government.

Ganesh also said that T N Prathapan and V D Satheesan, are Congress MLAs who studied subjects deeply and their stand on the Nelliampathy  issue was commendable. He reiterated his stand that no forest land would be given away to encroachers under any circumstance.