The Youth Congress on Monday carried a protest march in the capital over the Land Acquisition Bill.
Terming the BJP-led Central government 'anti-farmer', Congress on Monday staged a protest here against the Land Acquisition bill. The protesters were stopped from entering the Parliament and were lathi charged and were dispersed using water cannons.
Raising slogans of 'Kisan Virodhi Narendra Modi (farmers' opponent Modi)' against the Prime Minister, party workers led by senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, Raj Babbar, Randeep Surjewala and Youth Congress's Amrinder Singh Raja Brar, took out a protest march at Jantar Mantar here.
The foot march began on Friday from Bhatta-Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida district and reached Rajghat here last night. After being passed in Lok Sabha, the Bill for amendments proposed to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, will be presented in Rajya Sabha for approval. "(Our) fight will go on, both in the Parliament and outside against the amendments. We will keep fighting against it," Ramesh told reporters here.
Babbar expressed surprise at the government's move to "do away" with the consent clause in the bill. "We are completely against the amendments. In (proposed) law, farmers don't have the right to take decision regarding their own land. Even if I take a mere pen from you, I will ask you. Then how come, a farmer, for whom land is his mother, is being asked to hand it over to someone else (without consent)?" he questioned.
Surjewala said the agitation launched by Congress along with farmers will "unmask the Modi-led Centre's 'anti-farmer' stand". "This is India Youth Congress's (IYC) rally from Bhatta-Parsaul to Parliament. Modi's black law will disappear. BJP's anti-farmer face will be unmasked. Both the Congress and farmers will win," he said.
Earlier on Friday, party leader Jairam Ramesh had said that the opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha are against the amendments in the Land Acquisition Bill as it is anti-farmer. He had also said that the bill would only profit businessmen.
Last week, the Lok Sabha passed the Land Acquisition Bill of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP Government at the Centre via a voice vote. Nine amendments to the bill have been adopted.
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