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| Modi Government Faces Pressure |
| Modi Government Faces Pressure on Land Ordinance Bill as Budget Session Begins
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| INDIA
, 23-February-2015
5:14:29 AM |
| Top BJP leaders will meet at 6 this evening to discuss the government's strategy on its land acquisition ordinance, with a united opposition determined to stonewall it in Parliament, and activist Anna Hazare launching a farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar.
This is land grab by the government...This is what the Britishers used to do. To cater to industrialists, how can you betray farmers?" said Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar, at the start of what he promised will be a massive protest by farmers' against the ordinance.
2Opposition parties say the ordinance is "anti-farmer" because its seeks to scrap a social impact assessment and the need for the consent of 70 per cent land owners before agricultural land is acquired.
3The government has promised that it will heed all "meaningful suggestions".Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu told NDTV, " If there is broad consensus we can make amendments...The purpose of the ordinance is speedy development and getting investments."
4"In a democracy, there should be dialogue, discussion and positive outcome," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this morning, seeking the cooperation of all parties in ensuring that important legislative work gets done in the Budget session of Parliament which began today.
5Minutes later in his address to both Houses of Parliament, President Pranab Mukherjee said the, "Government attaches paramount importance to safeguard the interest of farmers and families affected by land acquisition
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