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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Land Bill protest LIVE: AAP govt won't make farmers feel like orphans, says ... - Zee News

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is holding a rally here on Wednesday to oppose the Central government's Land Acquisition Bill. Here are the live updates:

  • Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal has arrived at the venue of AAP's protest rally against Land Bill.
  • AAP volunteers will help farmers across the country unite and take this movement forward – Gopal Rai
  • AAP leader and Delhi minister Gopal Rai says at the rally at Jantar Mantar that the Delhi government will not make the farmers feel like orphans the way Narendra Modi government has.​
  • Ashutosh says it is funny that news is spread about Arvind Kejriwal not wanting media around, but nobody asks why PM Narendra Modi never takes questions.
  • BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi says the AAP rally is an attempt to divert attention from their internal problems.
  • AAP leader Ashutosh says they are giving a clear warning to government on Land Acquisition Bill. “We will start a nationwide stir if it (the Bill) is forced.”
  • Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, meanwhile, says not even a single amendment for the Land Acquisition Bill is against farmers.

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  • Responding to reports that Arvind Kejriwal has asked the police to keep media away from his party's protest rally against the Land Bill, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said, “Communication with government agencies and police are confidential, these can't be discuss in public. Media if identified can go to any function.”

Also Read: Police refuse to keep media away from Kejriwal

  • Reports say AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has asked the Delhi Police to keep the media away from the protest site.
  • Farmers from different states are coming to register their protest. If this anti-farmer ordinance is not stopped, then there will be an all-India movement - Ashutosh
  • The BJP government is pursuing anti-farmer policies because they’ve been obliged by industrial houses and now it is time for the Modi government to pay them back. This is why they are trying to force this anti-farmer ordinance as law, says AAP leader Ashutosh

​​Also Read: BJP pursuing anti-farmer policies, obliged by industrial houses, says AAP

  • News agency ANI has reported that the AAP has called off its proposed march to Parliament to oppose the Narendra Modi government's controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance. The march has been cancelled in view of the Delhi Police denying permission for the march. The rally at Jantar Mantar will, however, go as planned.

Also Read: Delhi Police deny permission for AAP march against Land Bill

  • The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will on Wednesday hold a rally in the capital to oppose the Central government's Land Acquisition Ordinance.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address the rally at Jantar Mantar.

On Tuesday, party leader Sanjay Singh told the media that AAP workers and farmers from across several states, including Odisha, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Haryana and Rajasthan, would gather at Jantar Mantar at 10 am.

"Kejriwal along with other senior leaders of the party will address the crowd. A procession would then be taken out from the protest site to Parliament," he said.

Singh, however, said that at the moment it was unclear if Kejriwal would march along.

Another AAP leader, Kumar Vishwas said the BJP and Congress did not understand the plight of the poor farmers.

"They are not worried about the loss of farmers due to untimely rains. Both the parties are more concerned about their personal conflicts," he said.

"We will oppose the land ordinance as it is not in favour of the farmers. We conducted a survey in several states and came to know that the farmers are annoyed with the central government because of this land ordinance," Vishwas said.

"We demand that land ordinance should be rolled back," he demanded.

The AAP has formed a six-member committee to organise the protest.

The Congress held its anti-ordinance farmers' rally on Sunday at the Ramlila Ground.

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