The government on Thursday assured farmers that it would go ahead with the controversial land bill only after incorporating their suggestions and that their interests would not be ignored.
This was conveyed by I&B minister Arun Jaitely during an hour-long interaction with farmers' representatives.
BJP Kisan Morcha member and DD Kisan channel advisor Naresh Sirohi said farmers' representatives from over 30 organizations expressed their views on the land bill in the meeting. He said Jaitley has constituted a committee that will record the suggestions of farmers on the land bill and present it to him in future interactions.Sirohi will be its coordinator.
“We will have more such meetings. Jaitleyji told them that they should decide on the land bill. The government will take into account what farmers want,“ he said. Various farmer organizations also submitted petitions to Jaitley . In its petition, Bhartiya Kisan Union termed the new land bill a “joke“ on the years-long struggle of farmers and batted strongly for the 2013 land bill of the UPA.
The meeting with farmers' representatives happened a day after PM Narendra Modi said amendments in the land acquisition bill which were in the interests of farmers, the poor, villages and the nation will be accepted. “Gaon, garib, kisan (village, poor and farmers), if the suggestions are favourable to these downtrodden groups and are in the interests of the nation, we will accept them,“ Modi had said on Wednesday .
Taking it forward, Jaitley discussed with farmers the provisions of the land bill and tried to convince them that the Centre had no intention to ignore their interests.
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