India’s Rahul Gandhi Says Industry Must Respect Rights of Poor
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India’s Rahul Gandhi said the government’s rejection of Vedanta Resources Plc’s proposed bauxite mine in hills sacred to tribal groups showed development must not trample on the rights of the poor.
“The decision to abandon the project does not mean that the government is against development,” Gandhi, a general secretary of the ruling Congress party headed by his mother, told members of the Dongria Kondh and Kutia Kondh communities at Lanjigarh in Orissa today. “No development can take place at the cost of the livelihoods of the poor and tribals.”