Sonia, Manmohan to lead march against Land Bill today

March 17, 2015 08:53

In an attempt to corner the Narendra Modi government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday will march with leaders of at least ten parties from Parliament House to Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the Land Acquisition Ordinance.

Along with the Congress, Janata Dal (United), Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), DMK, INLD and some other parties will participate in the protest march.

The Opposition parties have united over the contentious bill and are trying their level best to project the Modi-led BJP as an anti-farmer party.

The leaders of the parties will submit a memorandum against the new land bill to President Pranab Mukherjee.

Sources in the Opposition said that Congress is playing a key role in the protest including the finalisation of the draft of the memorandum.

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