West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded immediate withdrawal of the Land Acquisition Ordinance, terming it as 'draconian'.

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Banerjee expressed her views on Twitter on Tuesday.

The controversial Land Acquisition Bill was introduced by the central government in the Lok Sabha today amid vociferous 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.