 bill no  275  of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—2 after article 371-j of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 371-k"371-k (1) notwithstanding anything contained in the constitution, the president may, by order made with respect to the state of uttar pradesh or the state of madhya pradesh, provide for any special responsibility of the governor for—5(a) protection of ownership of land and property of the domiciles of bundelkhand region;special provisions in respect of uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh(b) entrustment of the right to sell and purchase land only to the domiciles of bundelkhand region:10provided that in case of residents of other states and in case of married women, the right to sell and purchase land may be undertaken by way of lease for a period of twenty-one years:provided further that the domicile of a particular district of bundelkhand region shall not be eligible to purchase land in other districts of bundelkhand region15(2) no act of parliament in respect of social practices of the people belonging to bundelkhand region shall apply to the state of uttar pradesh or the state of madhya pradesh unless the legislative assembly of uttar pradesh or madhya pradesh by a resolution, so decidesexplanation—in this article, the expressions—20(a) "bundelkhand" means districts of hamirpur, banda, jalaun, jhansi, chitrakoot and lalitpur of the state of uttar pradesh and tikamgarh, panna, khajuraho, sagar, damoh, chhatarpur and datiya districts of the state of madhya pradesh; and(b) "domicile of bundelkhand" means such person who on or before 1940 have been ordinarily residents of the bundelkhand region and includes progeny of such persons25 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsvindhyachal or bundelkhand region is very ancient area of human inhabitation even today the most ancient evidence of human life in india are found here it is very surprising that the very area where the early inhabitants of india had set up their ancient accommodation is today witnessing high rate of elopement however, on the contrary, by taking advantage of the poverty and various types of compulsions and difficulties of the residents of the area, the practice of resourceful people from outside the bundelkhand region to acquire land and property using money power is on the rise this has made significant changes with regard to land-ownership in the bundelkhand region as a result of these changing circumstances, the residents of bundelkhand region are feeling cheated at the turn of eventsmigration is on the rise due to loss of land-ownership and it is posing a serious threat to the culture and language of the bundelkhand region as a result of which the danger of losing the special identity of this society is looming large before them in addition, the region has got some unique social practices and there is an urgent need to protect and preserve the said practices therefore, the development of bundelkhand region is required to be carried out in conformity with the regional recognitions so that there will not be any outrage among the people and the culture, language and the special social practices of bundelkhand region are protected as other states have been provided with special provision under the constitution, there is a need to include a special provision for bundelkhand region in the constitution for the welfare of the domiciles of bundelkhand regionhence this billnew delhi;kunwar pushpendra  singh chandeloctober 10,  2016 lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)gmgipmrnd—2928ls(s4)—18-11-2016