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BJP does U-turn, likely to accept UPA’s 2013 Land Acquisition Bill structure

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Land-Acquisition-BillIn an apparent u-turn by the Narendra Modi government, it appears to have given in to the demands of the Congress party on the Land Acquisition Bill.

According to sources, the NDA government has accepted UPA’s 2013 Land Acquisition Bill structure.

Sources said all the 11 BJP members in the Joint Committee of Parliament on Land Bill moved amendments seeking to bring back social impact assessment and consent clause.

With BJP retracting from its previous position, there is likelihood that the panel headed by BJP MP S S Ahluwalia will come out with a consenus report by August 7.

“It’s as good as our own Act of 2013,” a Congress member of the committee said after the meeting expressing total agreement with the amendments moved by the ruling BJP.

Out of the total 15 amendments in the NDA bill, nine were substantial in nature that have been opposed by Congress and a number of Opposition parties.

Out of these nine six including the provisions dealing with consent clause, social impact assessment, replacing the term private company with private entity were discussed and a consensus has emerged on them, Congress members claimed.

Earlier in the day, news had come in that the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Land Acquisition Bill got an extension of four more days to submit its report on the controversial legislation.

A motion seeking a fresh extension was moved by committee chairman SS Ahluwalia of BJP in Lok Sabha, amid din created by Congress members over Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam issues.

“That this House do extend time for presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 up to 7 August, 2015,” read the motion which was adopted by a voice vote.

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