February 25, 2015
WB CM demands immediate withdrawal of the Land Acquisition Ordinance
West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee demanded immediate withdrawal of the Land Acquisition Ordinance, terming it as ‘draconian’.
“Immediately withdraw land ordinance. It is draconian. It will affect the farmers. We have always opposed this,” the Trinamool Congress Chairperson said in a Twitter post.
“We do not support forceful land acquisition. I have gone on 26-days hunger strike in the past for this cause,” she said.
The Land Acquisition Bill was introduced by the Central Government in Lok Sabha today, amid united protests by the entire Opposition.
Trinamool Congress, which had rode to power in the 2011 West Bengal Assembly polls with the anti-land acquisition stand as one of its main planks, opposed the Ordinance in both Houses of Parliament during the day.
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill 2015 was first introduced in the Lok Sabha amid an uproar by the opposition.
