NEW DELHI:
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on land acquisition bill, Congress today said the Government’s move to bring changes was a “smoke screen” to benefit industrialists and he was “lying” by claiming to have done favour with amendments in 13 Acts.
After Modi, in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio programme, said that lies were being spread on the issue of the Bill, the opposition party said amendments in 13 Acts were part of the mandatory provisions of the 2013 Land Acquisition Law.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also questioned the claim that defence and security related projects were being delayed due to the 2013 Act.
“Modi has claimed in his Mann ki Baat today that he has brought amendments to 13 laws. He has not done anyone a favour,” he said at a press conference at the AICC headquarters here.
He said that it was stipulated in Section 105 (3) of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 that amendments will have to be made within one year in the 13 Laws that Modi had spoken about.
“His Mann ki Baat was full of lies. He has tried to spread myth,” the former Environment Minister said.
Arguing that it was a lie that UPA forgot to amend the 13 laws, he said his Government could not because there was less time and elections were approaching.
“But the Act stipulated it had to be done within one year. The Modi Government slept for nearly eight months and suddenly woke up to the ordinance as a smoke-screen to benefit industrialists,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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