Union Food and Consumers Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan today implored the opposition to ensure passage of the Land Acquisition Bill in the national interest.
"I implore upon opposition parties to help in the passage of the land acquisition bill in national interest as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already clarified objections raised by different parties," he told reporters.
Having its valuable suggestions incorporated and objections addressed in the draft of the Land Acquisition Bill with regard to concerns of the farmers, it was high time that the opposition parties rallied around the government and get the said Bill passed by Parliament during the Budget session, Paswan, whose party - LJP - is part of the NDA government at the Centre, said.
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Stating that his party backed the Bill to the hilt, the Union Minister said the Land Acquisition Bill framed by the NDA government has addressed the farmers' concerns to clear decks for acquisition of land for industrial development.
He said that it was high time that the proposed legislation comes into being so that infrastructure development got a push.
