The BJP and its affiliates have no differences with the government on the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill and are on board with the amendments introduced to it in the Lok Sabha, senior party leaders said on Tuesday. “The government is battling a media-created perception on the Bill,” the party said.
The clarification came after reports emerged of differences at a meeting of senior BJP Ministers with party president Amit Shah and the RSS leadership on Monday.
The party has decided to go all out, ahead of its national executive meeting in Bengaluru in early April, to dispel the “perception” that the RSS and its affiliates are pushing for further changes to the Bill. The Prime Minister’s views expressed during the “Mann ki Baat” with farmers on All India Radio will be the party’s line on the Bill. As for the political opposition to the Bill, a BJP leader said that if the proposed legislation was opposed for “politics,” then constitutional remedies were available.
