Deferring of Land Bill in Rajya Sabha and amendments made to it by NDA By Deepak Parvatiyar March 20, 2015 There is more than what meets the eye on the government’s decision to defer the controversial land acquisition bill – The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2015 – in Rajya Sabha and take it up only after 20 April, when the House reconvenes after the recess. The Government finds it difficult to keep its own allies together over the contentious bill. Even when the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 10 March with nine amendments, its key allies, the Shiv Sena and the Swabhimani Paksha had not supported the Bill. In fact, the Swabhimani Paksha member Raju Shetty even embarrassed the ruling coalition by moving an amendment on consent clause, which was negated. The Sena had abstained from voting then and will do so again in the Rajya Sabha where it has three members. What more? The perceived N
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