Raj Babbar promises to fight for Mandola farmers

UPCC chief Raj Babbar today assured the protesting farmers in Mandola village here that his party would fight for getting them adequate compensation for their lands acquired for an affordable housing project.
The farmers have been pressurising the authorities to revise the compensation rates for the lands acquired under the Avas Vikas housing scheme.
Addressing the protesting cultivators, Babbar said the Congress will fight for the welfare of farmers and they will get the appropriate compensation upto their satisfaction.
If the administration tries to demolish the houses of farmers of Mandola, Congress will vehemently oppose the move, he said.