West Bengal will not implement land act amendments: CM Mamata Banerjee

“They will snatch your land on gun point. I throw this challenge. We will not allow this in Bengal. They will have to do this over my dead body,” Mamata said addressing a party workers’ meeting at Kharagpur. Mamata’s outburst came a day after the government recommended promulgation of an ordinance making significant changes in the Land Acquisition Act including removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas of industrial corridors, PPP projects, rural infrastructure, affordable housing and defence.

“The central government has forcefully brought an ordinance on land acquisition. I have never acquired land forcibly and I would never do that in future,” she said while directing her party workers to start agitation programmes from Wednesday at every block protesting against the ordinance.