Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Land Acquisition Bill
Since August 7 is the last day of the current budget session, it seems that Mamata Banerjee will get adequate time till the next session to convince Sonia Gandhi to accept her reservations on certain provisions in the bill. In the draft bill, the Union government has intended to allow private promoters to purchase a maximum 70 per cent of land required for any industrial project and the rest 30 per cent land might be acquired by the government in case of any necessity. Mamata has raised serious objections on this provision and demanded that the government should not interfere in the land acquisition process for industrial projects. Mamata has demanded that 100 per cent land for any industrial project should be acquired directly from the land owners by the private industrialist and the government should not play any role in this. Mamata has already conveyed her reservations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a cabinet meeting on July 23. The Congress top brass in Delhi has also held talks with Mamata on the Land Bill. It is still unknown whether the Congress has agreed to accept Mamata’s plea to keep the government out of land acquisition for industrial projects.
IMO: Further, the Congress high command’s decision to withdraw the party candidates for both the Sealdah and Bowbazar assembly by-elections created serious resentment among the party’s rank and file and lower ranking Congress activists in the districts have initiated the process of quitting the party to join Trinamool Congress. It is expected that a huge chunk of Youth Congress activists in Howrah district will quit the party on August 9 to join Trinamool Congress.
IMO: Further, the Congress high command’s decision to withdraw the party candidates for both the Sealdah and Bowbazar assembly by-elections created serious resentment among the party’s rank and file and lower ranking Congress activists in the districts have initiated the process of quitting the party to join Trinamool Congress. It is expected that a huge chunk of Youth Congress activists in Howrah district will quit the party on August 9 to join Trinamool Congress.
# posted by uv : 8:50 PM
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