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Updated: March 16, 2015 17:19 IST Congress workers, police clash during protest against land bill PTI Amarinder Singh Raja Brar, AIYC president, seen injured and detained at Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Meeta Ahlawat Police use water cannons to disperse Youth Congress workers during a protest over land acquisition bill at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Police use water cannons to disperse Youth Congress workers during a protest over land acquisition bill at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Monday. AIYC members try to break barricades as police fire water cannons on them during a protest against land bill in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Meeta Ahlawat The Hindu AIYC members try to break barricades as police fire water cannons on them during a protest against land bill in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Meeta Ahlawat A number of protesters, including AIYC president Amrinder Singh Raja Brar, were injured. Hundreds of Congress workers on Monday clashed with police during a protest against the BJP Government's Land Acquisition bill, saying it was anti-farmer. Police resorted to lathicharge and used water canons, leading to injuries to some including All India Youth Congress (AIYC) president Amrinder Singh Raja Brar, when Congress workers tried to break barricades at Jantar Mantar to proceed towards Parliament. Senior party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Jairam Ramesh, Ambika Soni, Ahmed Patel addressed the protesters who gathered at Jantar Mantar. A Youth Congress leader said a number of protesters were injured in lathi-charge by police. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was not present in the protest, expressed her solidarity with the protesters in a message through Mr. Patel. "Soniaji has said that she was always with them and will continue to back and support the movement," Mr. Patel said reading out her message. Congress to block land bill in Rajya Sabha Promising to block the bill's passage in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Azad termed the ordinance as an attempt to weaken the Food Security law passed by the UPA government. "You continue protesting outside the Parliament, we will try not let the bill get passed when it is introduced in the Parliament," the Leader of Congress in the Rajya Sabha said. "We are not talking about changing the shape of the bill. We are not for any amendment of the bill. We want this bill to go lock, stock and barrel," he said. The rally was a culmination of AIYC's foot march against the Land Acquisition Bill launched on Friday from Bhatta-Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida district, which reached Rajghat here on Sunday night. Ramesh takes a jibe at Modi's suit Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "10 lakh suit", Mr. Ramesh, who led the rally from Bhatta-Parsaul, said the agitation was a sanjeevani for the party. Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Mr. Ramesh said, "One was Sabarmati ke Sant who believed in a frugal lifestyle and today we have Sabarmati ke mahant who wears suit worth Rs 10 lakh... They talk of 'ghar vapsi' where as we promise 'jameen vapsi'" Mr. Ramesh, who was instrumental in drafting the UPA's land bill, slammed the government for "doing away" with the safeguards, thus, "bringing back" the draconian 1894 law. "For the first time we put power in the hands of the farmers from the hands of the collectors. Even the land labourers were given bargaining power through the law. It had the provisions of four times compensation. We essentially repealed the century old law," he said. A number of other party leaders including Raj Babbar, Oscar Fernandes, Randeep Surjewala, Sachin Pilot, Deepinder Hooda and Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken also participated in the protest. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Babbar said government's decision to "do away" with the consent clause in the in the bill was not acceptable. "In (proposed) law, farmers don't have the right to take decision regarding their own land. Even if I take a pen from you, I will ask you. Then how come you take away land from farmers, for whom it is like his mother, without his consent," Mr. Babbar said. Mr. Surjewala said the agitation launched by Congress along with farmers will "unmask the Modi-led Centre's 'anti-farmer' stand." "This is India Youth Congress's (IYC) rally from Bhatta-Parsaul to Parliament. Modi's black law will disappear. BJP's anti-farmer face will be unmasked. Both the Congress and farmers will win," he said. II/III. http://www.firstpost.com/politics/land-bill-congress-stages-protest-outside-parliament-lathi-charged-delhi-police-2156211.html Land bill: Congress stages protest outside Parliament, lathi-charged by Delhi Police Mar 16, 2015 14:40 IST New Delhi: Terming the BJP-led central government 'anti-farmer', Congress on Monday staged a protest in New Delhi against the Land Acquisition bill. Raising slogans of 'Kisan Virodhi Narendra Modi (farmers' opponent Modi)' against the Prime Minister, party workers led by senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, Raj Babbar, Randeep Surjewala and Youth Congress's Amrinder Singh Raja Brar, took out a protest march at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. AFPAFP The foot march began on Friday from Bhatta-Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida district and reached Rajghat on Sunday last night. After being passed in Lok Sabha, the Bill for amendments proposed to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, will be presented in Rajya Sabha for approval. "(Our) fight will go on, both in the Parliament and outside against the amendments. We will keep fighting against it," Ramesh told reporters in New Delhi. Babbar expressed surprise at the government's move to "do away" with the consent clause in the bill. "We are completely against the amendments. In (proposed) law, farmers don't have the right to take decision regarding their own land. Even if I take a mere pen from you, I will ask you. Then how come, a farmer, for whom land is his mother, is being asked to hand it over to someone else (without consent)?" he questioned. Surjewala said the agitation launched by Congress along with farmers will "unmask the Modi-led Centre's 'anti-farmer' stand". "This is India Youth Congress's (IYC) rally from Bhatta-Parsaul to Parliament. Modi's black law will disappear. BJP's anti-farmer face will be unmasked. Both the Congress and farmers will win," he said. PTI III. http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Congress-Protests-Against-Land-Acquisition-Bill-Outside-Parliament-Clashes-with-Cops/2015/03/16/article2716330.ece Congress Protests Against Land Acquisition Bill Outside Parliament; Clashes with Cops By Online Desk Published: 16th March 2015 02:30 PM Last Updated: 16th March 2015 02:37 PM DELHI: The Congress leaders have staged a storm protest in Delhi against the 'Land Acquisition Bill' outside the parliament. The police have used batons and even opened water cannons to disperse the mob. It may be recalled that this bill got passed in Lok Sabha last week, and it's going to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha this week. Notably, Congress even walked out of the lower house when the bill was passed. Congress, which has taken up the storm protest, has said that it wouldn't let the Land Acquisition Bill to come into force as it alleges that the bill is against the farmers. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
