Raipur: British Parliament will honour Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel for his decision to return the land of farmers acquired in tribal Bastar region for the Tata Steel’s proposed mega steel plant project.Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said in his tweet on Wednesday that I have received an invitation from British Parliament to speak on returning the land of tribals and ‘Narwa-Garuwa-Ghurwa Badi model’. Our government advocates such developments involving conservation of natural resources and I am happy that I will give this information abroad on behalf of the people of Chhattisgarh.State Congress general secretary Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said that the historic decisions taken by the Congress government in favour of tribals of Bastar region is being applauded not only in the country, but also abroad. As a result of which the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom including the House of Commons and the House of Lords have decided to honour chief minister Bhupesh Baghel for his decision.Trivedi said adding that the two houses of British parliament along with the invitation has also sent a citation —an appreciation letter— for honouring Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to apply the concept of his ambitious scheme “Narwa-Garuwa-Ghurwa Badi” (NGGB) scheme in the state.As per previous reports, soon after coming into power, the newly elected Congress government in Chhattisgarh under the leadership of chief minister Bhupesh Baghel had started process of returning about 1764.61 hectares of land, acquired from ten villages around Lohandiguda in tribal Bastar district about a decade ago, for setting up Tata Steel’s integrated mega steel plant project which has been abandoned.The BJP government had acquired land from tribals near Louhandiguda in Bastar in 2005 for setting up Tata Steel plant with an investment of Rs 19500 crore. The project did not come up for several years and the steel giant backed out from the project, while the BJP government kept the land in the land pool, but did not return it to its original owners