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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ahead of organising the upcoming Jana Andolan movement, National Land Reforms Council (NLRC) member and Ekta Parishad founder PV Rajagopal who spearheaded the Janadesh and Bhoo-Adhikar Yatra to pressurise the Government to implement the Land Reforms Act to provide 10 cents of land to the landless across the country has arrived in Kerala. In his presence, a documentary on 'Padayatra as a mode of protest’ will be screened at Gandhi Bhavan here on Saturday.“In the Jana Andolan movement coinciding with the Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations on Oct 2, over 25,000 Padayathris including 500 Padayatris from Kerala will join the pilgrimage on foot which will be a mark of protest for land reforms. He had persuaded the 500 dacoits of Chambal to give up arms and to opt for peace. Land for landless is the basic right for every citizen irrespective of gender, religion, caste or creed,” Rajagopal said.Early last month, he made a visit to Kerala with a central team of officials to discuss on Land Reforms Policy in the country and for creating a digital data on land as part of `Digital India Land Records modernisation program’. When 56,000 hectares of land is given for multinational corporations by the government at throw away prices, why not provide one hectare for agriculture based livelihood and ensure forest dwellers right to save the tribal community..