Former Delhi chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the Aam Aadmi Party will not allow the BJP’s central government to acquire land of farmers in Delhi without their consent.
Addressing the party’s Village Dialogue initiative at Chattarpur, Kejriwal said the ordinance brought by Narendra Modi government to amend the Land Acquisition Act of 2013 is against the interests of farmers and the AAP will strongly oppose it.
Kejriwal said both the changes made in the ordinance to amend the 2013 law will adversely affect the farmers and rural population of Delhi.
Kejriwal said the AAP is of the clear view that land owned by farmers can only be acquired by the government, if they are in favour of it and forcible acquisition cannot be allowed.
He said the Modi government had imposed its wrong decision on the country by removing the clause from the 2013 law on land acquisition which made it mandatory to seek a consent of around 70% land owners of the area, but the ordinance states no consent will be required for acquisition in five particular categories, which are so wide that government can now acquire land for private companies without caring for farmers.
