BJP's efforts to make amendment in land bill reflects hypocrisy: Congress

The Congress on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party's efforts to make amendments in the Land Bill reflected the party's hypocrisy as the latter had supported the original bill during the UPA regime.

"When we had brought the bill during our tenure, the BJP had accepted it. But now they are making amendments in it; this reflects the hypocrisy of the BJP. The Land Acquisition Bill is anti-farmer, we will oppose the ordinance. If the government brings it in the House, we will oppose it tooth and nail," said Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath.

Earlier in the day, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said the government was well within its rights to take the Ordinance route amidst an uproar in the Rajya Sabha over the Land Acquisition Bill

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge had termed the Land Acquisition Bill as 'anti-farmer' and added that his party will counter it tooth and nail by taking support from all the opposition parties.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators also staged a protest against the Land Acquisition Bill outside the Parliament.