With the two-day National Executive Meet concluding on Saturday in Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was firm on passing the bill, which was supported by the other members of the National Executive.
The matter was discussed during the “Political Resolution” (moved by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made the concluding remarks), where a presentation on the Land Bill was shown to the members. BJP leader Gopal Agarwal initiated the discussion as Union minister Nitin Gadkari explained it in details and answered questions posed by members.
The other highlights of the meeting were to set up party offices in every district across India, to be monitored by Shah. Speaking to reporters about the highlights of the meeting, Jaitley said: “The Land Bill dominated a major part of the discussion, including rural infrastructure, irrigation, and electrification. It will help rural India through the industrial corridor, which will bring jobs to the landless and Dalits.”
Speaking to Millennium Post on the government’s stand with the Bill despite protests from the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Bihar premier Nitish Kumar, he said: “We will try to pass the Bill and it is up to the state government whether they want to follow it or not.” He further said: “If people of other states like Maharashtra want to support the Bill, then why is Mamata dismayed over it? Let the other states decide upon its acceptance.”
Claiming that the 2013 Land Bill was anti-farmer and the 2015 Amendment Bill seeks to correct that, Jaitley said: “It was anti farmers because it prevented irrigation, rural roads, housing in rural areas and electrification.”
He said: “But the bill, which we want to pass, has provisions of four times the compensation package; four times the market price of land while acquiring it; adequate relief, jobs and rehabilitation. It is unfortunate that people are spreading lies.”
Reportedly, senior party members especially party President Amit Shah expressed concern over the “disinformation” spread by the Opposition over the Bill. During the meet, members unanimously decided against the “disinformation campaign” being run by the Congress and other parties, in an attempt to connect with farmers in every village and explaining to them how the Bill is going to help them.
The power-point presentation on the Bill and a booklet titled ‘Information to Counter Disinformation (placing facts before the people)’ was released and party workers were asked to organise rallies in support of the Bill, which is pending in Parliament. “The disinformation campaign by the Opposition will be met with. The party has come up with a law, which pro farmers. National interest must be taken care off in terms of industries and we want to pass the Bill,” said Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
She said that the party will engage with allies like Shiv Sena and SAD, which have expressed serious reservations and added that the party’s intention was to take everybody on board and not hurt anyone.
Lambasting the Congress, she alleged that the UPA had allocated coal blocks to its “favourites” and questioned the validity of their Social Impact Assessment (SIA).
The matter was discussed during the “Political Resolution” (moved by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made the concluding remarks), where a presentation on the Land Bill was shown to the members. BJP leader Gopal Agarwal initiated the discussion as Union minister Nitin Gadkari explained it in details and answered questions posed by members.
The other highlights of the meeting were to set up party offices in every district across India, to be monitored by Shah. Speaking to reporters about the highlights of the meeting, Jaitley said: “The Land Bill dominated a major part of the discussion, including rural infrastructure, irrigation, and electrification. It will help rural India through the industrial corridor, which will bring jobs to the landless and Dalits.”
Speaking to Millennium Post on the government’s stand with the Bill despite protests from the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Bihar premier Nitish Kumar, he said: “We will try to pass the Bill and it is up to the state government whether they want to follow it or not.” He further said: “If people of other states like Maharashtra want to support the Bill, then why is Mamata dismayed over it? Let the other states decide upon its acceptance.”
Claiming that the 2013 Land Bill was anti-farmer and the 2015 Amendment Bill seeks to correct that, Jaitley said: “It was anti farmers because it prevented irrigation, rural roads, housing in rural areas and electrification.”
He said: “But the bill, which we want to pass, has provisions of four times the compensation package; four times the market price of land while acquiring it; adequate relief, jobs and rehabilitation. It is unfortunate that people are spreading lies.”
Reportedly, senior party members especially party President Amit Shah expressed concern over the “disinformation” spread by the Opposition over the Bill. During the meet, members unanimously decided against the “disinformation campaign” being run by the Congress and other parties, in an attempt to connect with farmers in every village and explaining to them how the Bill is going to help them.
The power-point presentation on the Bill and a booklet titled ‘Information to Counter Disinformation (placing facts before the people)’ was released and party workers were asked to organise rallies in support of the Bill, which is pending in Parliament. “The disinformation campaign by the Opposition will be met with. The party has come up with a law, which pro farmers. National interest must be taken care off in terms of industries and we want to pass the Bill,” said Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
She said that the party will engage with allies like Shiv Sena and SAD, which have expressed serious reservations and added that the party’s intention was to take everybody on board and not hurt anyone.
Lambasting the Congress, she alleged that the UPA had allocated coal blocks to its “favourites” and questioned the validity of their Social Impact Assessment (SIA).