Patkar urges Mamata to block land Bills

Patkar is also learnt to have handed her over a copy of a 2005 draft Land Acquisition Bill,prepared by the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi,and underlined that the present Bills were very different from it.

I share a very good relationship with Medha Patkar. She had joined me in my protest in Singur. She met me with some specific suggestions on the land acquisition Bills… let these come before Parliament then we will see, Mamata said of the meeting.

Patkar confirmed that she discussed the draft NAC Bill with Mamata and talked about the clauses in the present Bills that she was opposed to. The definition of public and private purpose is not clear in the Bills, Patkar said.