Punjab Cong leaders stages protest

Punjab Congress Kisan Khet Mazdoor Cell Chairman Inderjit Singh Zira along with others today staged a protest outside the state Assembly against the Land Acquistion Bill.
Terming the bill as "anti-farmer", Zira said already all opposition parties have started protests against this Bill and all farmer organizations are also on the streets.
"This anti-farmer bill will not be allowed to be cleared from the Rajya Sabha at any cost," he asserted.
Zira dared Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to atleast learn something from his Uttar Pardesh counterpart Akhilesh Yadav who has already taken a principal decision not to acquire any land against the farmers' wishes.

Later, he was taken into preventive custody with 13 supporters, consecutively for the third day during the ongoing Budget session of Assembly.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab's Convener Sucha Singh hottepur held a day-long hunger strike to register his party's protest against the Bill.