Modi government gives in to Congress demands, likely to accept UPA's 2013 Land Acquisition Bill structure

In an apparent u-turn by the Narendra Modi government, it appears to have given in to the demands of the Congress party on the Land Acquisition Bill.

According to sources, the NDA government has accepted UPA's 2013 Land Acquisition Bill structure.

Terming the development as a "match fixing", members of the Trinamool Congress on Monday walked out of the standing committee meeting on land bill.

This comes on a day when the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the land bill got an extension of four more days to submit its report on the controversial legislation.

At a recent meeting of the Committee, it was decided to seek two more days' extension till August 5 to submit its report. But since the panel could not meet for two days following the demise of former President A P J Abdul Kalam, it was decided to seek the extension till August 7.

A motion seeking a fresh extension was moved by committee chairman S S Ahluwalia of BJP in Lok Sabha, amid din created by Congress members over Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam issues.

"That this House do extend time for presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 up to 7 August, 2015," read the motion which was adopted by a voice vote.

The deadline for submission of the report had earlier been extended till August 3.

But several opposition members in the panel feel that August 7 will be too tight a deadline for the committee to complete its task. They want the panel to complete its report by August 9 and table it in Parliament on August 10.