<br>"I wish to officially wish the 'suit boot ki sarkar' a happy birthday," says Rahul Gandhi:</br> Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Modi government saying he wished the 'suit boot ki sarkar', which completed one year in office today, a happy birthday. He said "if they continue in this fashion they will not be able to celebrate their fifth birthday." "Suit boot ki sarkar is the best definition for the BJP-led NDA government', Gandhi remarked. "Unfortunately, birthday celebrations is only for a few powerful friends of the government. Kisan, farmers and mazdoor have nothing to celebrate', he said. On the Prime Minister's attire, Gandhi said Modi "seems to have a fascination with clothes and he has been called a fashion icon. That is a good thing. But wherever I go, farmers and labourers ask me why PM wears a Rs 10 lakh suit." (PTI) (26/05/2015) -
He drew a parallel between a daylight robbery and the proposed law, saying an economist had told him that thieves wearing suits now strike during daylight. (PTI)
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Hitting out at the bill, he termed it as an attempt by the government to acquire land, whose price has been rising, for industrialist "friends" and crony capitalists. </br><br> "This government wants to give land to crony capitalists and its industrialist friends because it's a 'suit-boot ki sarkar'," he said. (PTI)
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Rahul Gandhi said there is no dearth of land for development purposes as 40 per cent of land in the SEZ was lying unutilised but the NDA government was hell-bent on taking the land of only the farmers. (PTI)
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Taking a dig at BJP leaders, Rahul said its top leaders like L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh, while sitting in opposition benches, had "even thumped the desks" when land bill was passed in 2013 during UPA's tenure. (PTI)
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He said, "It took the UPA government two years to bring the land acquisition law but the NDA government killed it within days of coming to power. The first blow with an axe was right at its (bill) throat when the government decided to remove the consent clause.</br><br> "When the body had fallen, then it dealt a second blow of the axe. You said there should be no social impact assessment." (PTI)
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