NEW DELHI: Congress has slammed the BJP government for approving the ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act within a week of the end of the winter session of Parliament.
The party said that changes in provisions in the law will have to stand scrutiny of Parliament during the budget session.
“If you want to correct something, there is a method to it…they (government) are scared and afraid of public accountability. I condemn it,” said Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi.
He added, “ordinance Raj cannot last beyond the budget session.”
Questioning the government’s motives, Congress leader and former Union minister Manish Tewari said, “By diluting the Land Acquisition Act this government has sent out a message it is a government of the corporates by the corporates and for the corporates.”
On a question whether Congress supports amendments being brought to the Act through the ordinance, Singhvi said, “There is no blanket answer (to it). Individual clauses can be examined by any government. The issue is of legislation of vital matters like land acquisition by stealth and ordinance. How can we support that?”
The opposition party’s response came after Union Cabinet approved the ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act.
Singhvi asserted that “every word” changed in the bill brought by the previous Congress-led government will have to stand Parliament’s scrutiny in the next session.
TOI | Dec 30, 2014
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