Prez nod to land ordinance
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday signed the Land Acquisition Ordinance, which was recommended by the Union Cabinet on Tuesday.
The ordinance was re- promulgated after the BJP gov- ernment failed to get it replaced with legislation in the Rajya Sabha where it lacks numbers.
President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance, as recommended by the Union cabinet on March 31, official sources said. The earlier ordinance was to lapse on Saturday.
The fresh ordinance, which is the 11th by the Narendra Modi government, incorporates nine amendments that were part of the bill passed in the Lok Sabha last month. It is pending before the Rajya Sabha where the ruling NDA coalition lacks the numbers to get it passed.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday signed the Land Acquisition Ordinance, which was recommended by the Union Cabinet on Tuesday.
The ordinance was repromulgated after the BJP government failed to get it replaced with legislation in the Rajya Sabha where it lacks numbers. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance, as recommended by the Union cabinet on March 31, official sources said. The earlier ordinance was to lapse on Saturday. The fresh ordinance, which is the 11th by the Narendra Modi government, incorporates nine amendments that were part of the bill passed in the Lok Sabha last month. It is pending before the Rajya Sabha where the ruling NDA coalition lacks the numbers to get it passed. The Opposition was not in the mood to oblige the government and, in fact, mounted a strong campaign against it. Led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Opposition parties demanded the passage of the original land bill that was passed during the UPA regime. To enable re- promulgation of the ordinance, the government last week got the Rajya Sabha prorogued.
Meanwhile, the Congress attacked the Narendra Modi government with party communication department in- charge Randeep Surjewala saying, “The re- promulgation of the ordinance by the Modi government showed disregard for parliamentary democracy and negation of parliamentary practices.”