|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
By Category |
 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| |
India On Media |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| Politics
News |
|
| Trinamool hopes to put land Bill |
| Trinamool hopes to put land Bill in cold storage till polls
|
| INDIA
, 6-August-2009
2:40:21 AM |
|
Even as the UPA government plans to table the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill in the current session of Parliament ending on August 7, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who has opposed the move, is reportedly working out a formula that will put the Bill in the cold storage until the 2011 Assembly polls in West Bengal.
“What we expect is that the Bill will go to the Select Committee where it will stay for two years. By that time Assembly polls will be over in Bengal. Assembly elections are our prime target since we have a good chance to oust the CPM,” said a senior Trinamool MP.
Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sisir Adhikary brushed aside the suggestion of a possible standoff between the Trinamool and the Congress over the issue. “There will be no confrontation between the Congress and the Trinamool. Our talks are on. We are close to a consensus on the issue. We are with Sonia Gandhi and will remain her partner. However, the 70:30 ratio in the Bill is a closed chapter,” he said, referring to a provision in the draft Bill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENTS
Free offer!!! Become an administrator for your zip home page, "Post" local news (local to your postcode)& pictures, "Post" advertisement banners from local companies. Make Extra money.
|
 |
 |
|
|
| |
|
