Opposition unites against Land Bill, Sonia Gandhi leads protest march
17 March 2015 9:16 PM IST
Opposition unites against Land Bill, Sonia Gandhi leads protest march
In the first display of Opposition unity against the Modi government, leaders of 14 political parties led by Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday marched from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan against amendments to the land acquisition act and pledged to continue- "We have come to the President to request him to intervene to protect the interest of our farmers and to impress upon Modi government not to go ahead with the amendments in the Rajya Sabha. These are some of the reasons for which we have come here
- Opposition lawmakers participate in a march against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Land Acquisition Bill in New Delhi.
- Congress President Sonia Gandhi with a delegation of opposition parties leaders meeting President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
- Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry, Renuka Chowdary and others during their march over the controversial Land Acquisition Bill.
- The government is facing problems in ensuring its passage in Rajya Sabha where it does not have the numbers.
- The land acquisition law, the brain child of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the UPA regime had stringent provisions against acquisition of farmers' land. But the Modi government has amended some of the provisions to ease
- Opposition leaders during a march from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday in a show of strength and solidarity against the controversial Land Acquisition Bill.
- Congress President Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by former PM Manmohan Singh and a delegation of opposition parties' leaders.
- TMC's Saugata Roy and Moonmoon Sen with other opposition leaders during the protest march.
- Congress party's Ahmad Patel, Kamal Nath with other opposition leaders during a march from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Earlier Delhi police objected to the march citing imposition of regulatory orders in the area but later relented when the leaders insisted on the march.
- TMC's Derek O'Brien, JD(U)'s Sharad Yadav, CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury, DMK's Kanimozhi with other opposition leaders during a march against the proposed amendments in Land Bill.
- Earlier, over 100 Opposition MPs belonging to major political parties including JD(U), Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, CPI and CPI(M), NCP, AAP and INLD marched a distance of one km over the Raisina Hill to the Presidential Estate.
- This is the first time Opposition parties have come together in such large numbers against the BJP-led government since the Lok Sabha election defeat last year.
- Janata Dal (U) chief Sharad Yadav distributing the list of other party leaders who will meet the President Pranab Mukherjee in protest over the Land Acquisition bill, at Parliament house in New Delhi.
- A delegation of 26 leaders including former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda met President Pranab Mukherjee and urged him to protect the farmers' interests by impressing upon the Modi government "not to go ahead with the amendments
In the first display of Opposition unity against the Modi government, leaders of 14 political parties led by Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday marched from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan against amendments to the land acquisition act and pledged to continue
Opposition unites against Land Bill, Sonia Gandhi leads protest march
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