Congress today held a demonstration here protesting the NDA Government's Land Acquisition Bill.
Addressing the demonstrators, AICC General Secretary and former union minister V Narayanasamy charged the Narendra Modi led NDA Government with inflicting hardships on all sections of people within short period of coming to power.
He said the amendments sought to be made to the Land Acquisition Act were an immediate example of "anti-farmers and anti-people measures of the NDA Government."
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PCC President A V Subramanian, former Chief Minister and Leader of the opposition V Vaithilingam, party legislators were among those who spoke.
Slogans condemning the initiatives of the Centre to amend the Land act were raised.
They also condemned the AINRC Government for 'failure' to fulfill promises held out to the people during the run up to the Assembly polls in 2011.