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Rahul has asked Congress CMs to revoke amendments to land acquisition act: Jairam
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IANS | 22 Feb, 2019
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has asked the chief ministers of
Congress-ruled states to revoke amendments made to the Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013, in order to stop
exploitation of farmers, former Union minister Jairam Ramesh said on
Friday.
To stop a dilution of the Act, the Congress will take a
legal course and start raising the issue in public, he said at an event
organised by the Delhi Grameen Samaj here.
"The BJP-led
government could not dilute the LARR Act despite bringing ordinances as
it did not get support in Parliament. It asked states to make amendments
and the governments of Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh,
Rajasthan went ahead with changes to the Act," he said.
"Unfortunately, Karnataka, where the Congress is in power, has also made amendments four days ago." "Our
party President (Gandhi) has written letters to (Rajasthan CM) Ashok
Gehlot, (Chhattisgarh CM) Bhupesh Baghel and (Madhya Pradesh CM) Kamal
Nath asking them to revoke the amendments made to the LARR Act during
the BJP rule," he said.
Land in these states now will be acquired as per the LARR Act 2013, he added. "I also assure that Karnataka and Punjab governments will also take it back," Ramesh said.
He
said the amendments sought by the BJP government remove the clauses
necessitating farmers' consent before land acquisition and retrospective
application in certain cases as well as the provision for Social Impact
Assessment.
"There are many lawyers in Congress who will take up
the issue in Supreme Court. We will fight for you," Ramesh said when
farmers asked him about his party's stand on the issue.
The
former minister said that he had worked hard to ensure the Act sees the
light of the day when he held the Rural Development portfolio under UPA
2.
"There was a need to replace the 1984 law. My colleagues in
the council of ministers were not happy over some provisions. I had to
overcome many challenges."
"At least, the Act has brought some
awareness. People, whose land is to be acquired for the Jewar airport,
are talking about the issue," he said.
Speaking at the event,
Swaraj India president and farmers' leader Yogendra Yadav said the 2013
Act provided "little relief" by replacing the British-era law, which
treated land-holders as "slaves".
"Farmers' land can still be snatched. The only difference is that under the 2013 Act, you need their consent."
Coming
down heavily on the ruling BJP for making attempts "to weaken the Act",
Yadav said the present government was the "most anti-farmer government"
of all the governments so far.
Yadav said BJP leaders Sushma
Swaraj and Rajnath Singh had demanded an increase in the compensation
amount when they were in the opposition. "However, they are now making
sure that farmers are not benefitted," he said.
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