The BJP national executive meeting is likely to be held on the 18 and 19 of this month in New Delhi. This meeting holds significance as the party would discuss its strategy for the coming Assembly polls in Bihar.
The BJP is running a coalition government in the state with JD(U). Elections are scheduled in the state in October-November this year. Also, the Ayodhya verdict is likely to be delivered before this meet and the party would be deliberating on this issue as well. Senior BJP leader Mr L.K. Advani had already cautioned party leaders from making any statement.
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PM’s adviser meets Joshi over Land Bill
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
The government has started work on the controversial Land Acquisition Bill with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s principal adviser T.K.A. Nair meeting rural development C.P. Joshi on Tuesday.
Aware that the land acquisition issue has the potential to snowball into a major political issue, the ministry is believed to be taking stock of various models of compensation being followed in different states.
There is also a line of thought within the government that no land acquisition should alienate the owner permanently and this could be done through long-term lease.
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Agra farmers write petition in blood
Agra : Agitating farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district on Wednesday wrote a petition in their blood to protest acquisition of their lands for townships along the 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway.
The farmers plan to give the petition to senior police and administrative officials for forwarding it to President Pratibha Patil and Uttar Pradesh governor B.L. Joshi. The agitators staged a sit-in at the Chalesar village in Etmadpur tehsil of Agra district and wrote the petition as part of their on-going protest. Meanwhile, a farmers’ struggle committee announced a boycott of all products of the Jaypee group, which is developing the expressway and townships along it. —IANS