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Will not implement Land Acquisition Act amendments: Gogoi

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Guwahati:Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday strongly opposed the Centre’s decision to amend the Land Acquisition Act through an ordinance and said his government will not implement it as it is against the interests of farmers.”I am not going to implement the Land Acquisition Ordinance in Assam. It is done to benefit only the industry,” he said while addressing the concluding ceremony of 5-day training camp of state Congress Sevadal. He said the new law is against the interest of farmers and will take away the right to have proper compensation. “We will bring a new bill in the state regarding land acquisition for industry and other purposes,” Gogoi said.

He accused the Naren-dra Modi government of trying to “weaken democra-cy by adopting the ordina-nce route”. “In some excep-tional cases, we can bring an ordinance. But in every other bill which is facing opposition, the Centre is going for an ordinance.Why do we need Parliament then?” he asked. He said in increasing the FDI limit in insurance sector also, the Centre brought an ordinance. Gogoi also critici-sed the Centre for aboli-shing the Planning Commis-sion and said its contribu-tion in the coun-try’s overall development cannot be dismissed. (PTI)

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