The Congress on Saturday termed the Chhattisgarh High Court order that set aside forest rights granted to a village community as ''dangerous'' to the foundation of the Forest Rights Act.

In a post on X, Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh labelled the single-judge bench ruling as unacceptable.

''In the latest of a series of unacceptable and unprecedented events that have occurred in Hasdeo Aranya in the two years since the Modani Government has come to power in the state, a single-judge Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside forest rights granted to a village community under the Forest Rights Act, 2006,'' he wrote.

Ramesh said one of the ''extraordinary reasons'' offered was that since the land was previously diverted for mining and no challenge was mad

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