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Thiruvananthapuram : The four-month-old land rights agitation led by a pro-CPI (M) tribal outfit in Wayanad district of Kerala was called off today following talks with Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.
During the talks with Adivasi Kshema Samithi leaders in Thrissur, Achuthanandan assured them that the process of distributing land to all landless tribal families would be completed in three months.
He also assured them that effective measures would be taken to retrieve vast stretches of tribal land, including those encroached and held in possession by planters and landlords.
CPI(M) Wayanad District Secretary C K Saseendran and MLA from North Wayanad K C Kunnhiraman, who led the stir, told reporters that the struggle was being called off in view of the Chief Minister's assurance.
Paving the way for a settlement to the struggle, Achuthanandan had two days ago called upon the agitators to end the stir.
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