Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday lashed out at the NDA Government's Land Acquisition Bill, warning that land would be taken from the farmers
without permission and no social audit would take place.
"A very important thing we had included in the Land Acquisition Bill. We had introduced that whenever the land of a farmer is being acquired, one must seek his permission. Now, the land will be taken
without your permission, there will be no social audit," Gandhi said at a public meeting here.
"The UPA Government had always helped farmers whenever they were in need. The land rates that have increased and will increase in the future, and will be of no use to you," he added.
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The Congress vice-president began his 15-kilometre long 'kisaan padyatra' earlier in the day in the Adilabad district of Telangana, where he met the families of the farmers who have committed suicide.
Gandhi, who had earlier raised the farmers' issue in the Parliament, also handed over a cheque worth Rs. two lakh to the family of Rajeshwar, a farmer who had committed suicide.
The Congress vice-president had earlier reached out to the farmers in Punjab and the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
The Gandhi scion is also expected to address the farmers at Koratikal village at the end of his 'padyatra'.
According to reports, over 900 farmers have committed suicide in the state due to the agrarian crisis.
