Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, today, alleged that the Land Acquisition Law passed in 2013 under the UPA regime was a "conspiracy" to shun rural areas from development and render landless people jobless.
"With an intention to serve their political interests, I can say the 2013 Land Acquisition Law passed during the UPA government tenure was a conspiracy to keep rural areas aloof from development and to keep landless people jobless," Mr Jaitley said while addressing the inaugural session of two-day Madhya Pradesh BJP's State Executive meeting in Bhopal.
He said in order to ensure development of rural areas and to generate employment for the landless people, the amendment in the bill was necessary.
The law passed in 2013 had no provisions for military purpose, nuclear energy and for water resources schemes among others, he said.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Mr Jaitley said India's stature has risen across the world and relations with neighbours have improved.
Earlier, there were talks that the world's largest democracy was gradually turning into a "dynastic democracy", he said.
He claimed that the NDA government has successfully put an end to the menace of corruption that was rampant during the UPA rule and cited revenue generated by auctioning of coal mines to prove his claim.
The Finance Minister said that the states will now get more money for development.
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