The party described the proposed amendment as a remnant of colonial era laws. "Such a notification can change a disposition of a huge chunk of settlement overnight; hamper their economic activities and other dynamics of day-to-day life,” an NC spokesperson said. “It seems that the government is on a mission of a major land grab strategy, where on one hand it has opened the floodgates for outsiders in local jobs, and on other hand it wants to fashion a mammoth that will continue to eat on the land wherever it wants on the pretext of strategic areas," he said.