Land should not be acquired without farmers' consent: Parkash Singh Badal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Land Acquisition Bill that land should not be acquired without farmers' consent.

"To safeguard the interests of farmers across the country, SAD has already made its stand crystal clear to the JPC regarding the proposed Right to fair Compensation and Transparency the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, thereby pleading that not even an inch of land should be acquired by government without the consent of the farmers and the land owners," Badal said. 

All SAD MPs in Lok Sabha have already submitted a detailed memorandum to the JPC chairman stipulating that land was a priceless asset of farmers and it should not be acquired by the government without the consent of the farmers/land owners, Parkash Singh Badal, who is also SAD patron said on the second day of his Sangat Darshan Programme at Jandiala Guru assembly segment. 

Badal pointed out SAD has impressed upon the Punjab Government that wherever land was to be acquired, farmers should be given the option of accepting compensation at market rate plus displacement allowance or join a land pooling process under a policy as followed in Punjab. 

Badal emphasised that the Punjab model of land acquisition policy should be followed while finalising a national policy on the subject as Shiromani Akali Dal was a votary of "fool proof" safeguards for compensating the farmers and those dependent on land including farm and labourers. 

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