Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the pending Land Acquisition Amendment Bill will be brought in the next session of Parliament.
Singh gave the assurance to Gandhi when he met him with a delegation of Congress leaders and farmers from Uttar Pradesh who were agitating against "forcible" acquisition of land of farmers in Aligarh and adjoining areas in the state.
Gandhi said "land acquisition is a very important issue.
What happened in Aligarh is very unfair. We need to have a view on it."
Asked about the pendency of the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, Gandhi remarked "I am aware of it."
The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007, which seeks to bring changes in the Land Acquisition Act, 1994, is being withheld owing to strong opposition of Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee who heads Trinamool Congress, a key UPA ally.
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