Amid stiff opposition by many political parties and activists who initiated campaign against the measure, the government is likely to allow the controversial land ordinance to lapse on April 5. The Government had promulgated ordinance on land acquisition on December 31, 2014 and a bill to replace the ordinance was brought to Parliament in Budget session, which began on February 23.
While the bill, providing for amending the Act of 2013, cleared Lok Sabha earlier this month, it failed to see the light of the day in Rajya Sabha, where the ruling NDA is in a minority. However, if the government would want to re-promulgate the ordinance, it would have to prorogue the parliament since the Budget session has gone to recess till April 20.
However, reports suggest that government wouldn’t want to take risk of proroguing the Budget session during the recess as it could lead to charges of arrogance on the ruling dispensation, which has not completed even one year in office.
Also, with no big ticket investment project pending for approval, rushing with the repromulgation will bring the government under unnecessary criticism. Nevertheless, the government could re-promulgate the ordinance after Budget session comes to an end on May 8 as taking the step before the second half of the budget session is unlikely to yield any result since the opposition is unrelenting on scuttling the measure.
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