Opposition vows to fight Land Bill in Rajya Sabha

Leaders of the Opposition parties on Tuesday vowed to fight against the Land Acquisition Bill that was passed earlier in the evening via a voice vote.

Dubbing it as a 'black day' for the Parliament, Congress leader Veerappa Moily said that the bill took away the real impact of the bill which had been passed during the UPA II tenure.

"It is a black day for Parliament and the manner in which they bulldozed it, particularly taking away the real impact of the 2013 bill which was passed during the UPA II regime," he told ANI.

Fellow Congress member Shashi Tharoor said that not all proposed amendments had been incorporated in the bill which was passed

"We have many amendments... there were more than 100 votes and there was strong feeling [against the bill]. But in the end, we have the arguments and they have the votes," he told ANI.

Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury alleged that the passing of the bill was 'payback time' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi with regards to his 'corporate backers'.

"The urgency that the government is showing for bills shows that its payback time for him for the financial backing that he received during elections," he said.