Efforts underway to convince Oppn on Land Bill: Naidu
3 April 2015 5:22 AM IST
“All senior ministers are on the job to convince all parties and we are hopeful of a consensus emerging on the Land Bill,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.
He said while the government had moved nine official amendments to the bill before it was passed by the Lok Sabha, it is willing to accommodate more suggestions to bring the opposition on board.
Naidu’s remarks came a day after the Union Cabinet recommended to the President re-promulgation of the Land Ordinance as the one in force now will lapse on April 5.
He said BJP wants its MPs to be more enthused about the Land Bill as it is crucial for the country's economic growth.
The issue will be part of the political resolution to be adopted in BJP's National Executive to
be held in Bengaluru this week.
Meanwhile, sources in the government said the fresh Ordinance will again have to clear the Lok Sabha hurdle before reaching Rajya Sabha since it will be different from the one in force as it will incorporate the nine amendments passed by Lok Sabha.
Govt indicates working on regional parties’ support
The government on Wednesday indicated that it is working on the support of regional parties for the passage of the controversial Land Bill in the Rajya Sabha where the ruling NDA lacks numbers as there was no sign of let up in Congress' opposition to the law. "You see how we passed the three other bills," Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said referring to the passage of bills on insurance, coal and mines and minerals to replace the ordinances on the same. While on insurance, Congress was on board with Left strongly opposing the government, the other two bills were passed in Rajya Sabha even as Congress opposed but some regional parties helped the government.
BJP National Executive to discuss Bill
A two-day meeting of the newly- reconstituted National Executive of the BJP on April 3-4 will take stock of various programmes initiated by the Narendra Modi government in the last 10 months and focus on the pro-farmer credentials of the Land Bill in a bid to blunt the opposition attack. Being held after a long gap in the south, the conclave that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Cabinet Ministers and top leaders like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, is also expected to evolve a strategy for expanding the party's base in the states where it is weak. On the Land Acquisition issue, the BJP top brass is likely to impress upon its members to take across the message of the government that it is a pro-farmer step.
He said while the government had moved nine official amendments to the bill before it was passed by the Lok Sabha, it is willing to accommodate more suggestions to bring the opposition on board.
Naidu’s remarks came a day after the Union Cabinet recommended to the President re-promulgation of the Land Ordinance as the one in force now will lapse on April 5.
He said BJP wants its MPs to be more enthused about the Land Bill as it is crucial for the country's economic growth.
The issue will be part of the political resolution to be adopted in BJP's National Executive to
be held in Bengaluru this week.
Meanwhile, sources in the government said the fresh Ordinance will again have to clear the Lok Sabha hurdle before reaching Rajya Sabha since it will be different from the one in force as it will incorporate the nine amendments passed by Lok Sabha.
Govt indicates working on regional parties’ support
The government on Wednesday indicated that it is working on the support of regional parties for the passage of the controversial Land Bill in the Rajya Sabha where the ruling NDA lacks numbers as there was no sign of let up in Congress' opposition to the law. "You see how we passed the three other bills," Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said referring to the passage of bills on insurance, coal and mines and minerals to replace the ordinances on the same. While on insurance, Congress was on board with Left strongly opposing the government, the other two bills were passed in Rajya Sabha even as Congress opposed but some regional parties helped the government.
BJP National Executive to discuss Bill
A two-day meeting of the newly- reconstituted National Executive of the BJP on April 3-4 will take stock of various programmes initiated by the Narendra Modi government in the last 10 months and focus on the pro-farmer credentials of the Land Bill in a bid to blunt the opposition attack. Being held after a long gap in the south, the conclave that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Cabinet Ministers and top leaders like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, is also expected to evolve a strategy for expanding the party's base in the states where it is weak. On the Land Acquisition issue, the BJP top brass is likely to impress upon its members to take across the message of the government that it is a pro-farmer step.
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