The Congress alleges that the Center is undermining the land acquisition law under Prime Minister Modi

The Congress on Sunday accused the central government of trying to weaken the land acquisition law since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also alleged that BJP-ruled states have weakened the law by not following the statutes and acquiring land by violating its provisions. In a video message on The Congress general secretary said that in September 2013, when Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister, a progressive and historic land acquisition bill was introduced that replaced the Land Acquisition Act of 1894. The main highlights of this law were a fourfold increase in land acquisition. compensation amount in rural areas and double increase in urban areas. There was also a provision that no land would be acquired without the farmers’ consent, Ramesh claimed. Conditions were also introduced for the law to make retroactive