Leader of Kerala’s Chengara land battle Laha Gopalan dies at 72

By Express News Service

PATHANAMTHITTA: Chengara land battle chief Laha Gopalan died right here on Wednesday on the age of 72. He was present process remedy within the Pathanamthitta General Hospital after testing optimistic for COVID-19. He was affected by varied previous age illnesses for some years.

As many as 300 landless households led by the Sadhu Jana Vimochana Samyukta Vedi had encroached on practically 145 hectares of land underneath Harrison Malayalam Limited’s rubber plantation at Chengara close to Konni on August 4, 2007. They had demanded 5 acres for farming and Rs 50,000 in money in direction of preliminary farming bills to every of the households.  

Gopalan was the chief of this historic agitation that introduced the state’s consideration to land struggles throughout the state. Around 5 years in the past, Gopalan left the Chengara motion council.