Ahmed Patel slams 'adamant' Modi over Land Bill

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "adamant and arrogant" about passing the land acquisition bill, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Friday recalled an episode from the Mahabharata in which Duryodhana had refused to give five villages to the Pandavas.

Addressing Congress workers from Haryana here, he sought to project the party's Sunday Kisan rally as a war between the just and the unjust.

"The Prime Minister is adamant and arrogant about passing the (land acquisition) bill" he said. Patel recalled that the Mahabharta war had broken out after an adamant Duryodhana refused to give even five villages to the Pandavas despite the intervention of Lord Krishna.

"This rally is to puncture the arrogance of the government," Patel said adding that Congress will have to ensure that NDA's land law does not pass.