Land Bill: AITUC to hold nationwide protest on May 14

All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today said that the land acquisition Bill by the Centre will help corporate and land mafia in grabbing farmers' land and it will launch a nationwide protest against the legislation on May 14.
"The bill proposed by BJP Government allows corporates, land mafia and builder mafia to grab the land of farmers. Ever since it proposed new law, farmers, agricultural workers, political parties and other social organisations have been on war path against the BJP government's proposals demanding it drop Bill.
"The Ordinance/Bill constitutes a grave attack against the farmers and people of the country. This will seriously jeopardise the food security of the country," AITUC General Secretary Gurudas Das Gupta said in a statement.

The AITUC said it is not only against farmers, agricultural workers, share croppers but also against those who are dependent on the land.
"Keeping in view gravity of the situation, AITUC has decided to forge broadest possible unity with other organisation who too are opposed to BJP proposed Bill and fight
together with them the Government's nefarious design in favour of foreign and Indian corporates," he said.
The AITUC has called upon its members and unions across the country at all levels to join nationwide protest called by Communist Party of India (CPI) on the day by observing jail bharo, rasta roko, demonstrations and any other form of mass protest.