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Demanding withdrawal of the controversial bill seeking to amend the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, a group of activists on Monday announced they would be start a pan-India movement against forced land acquisition.

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury had lunch and a spent close to two hours on Sunday with former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The veteran leader had been expelled from the party in July 2008 for refusing to quit the Speaker's post as the Left withdrew support to the UPA government over the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Demanding withdrawal of the controversial bill seeking to amend the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, a group of activists on Monday announced they would be start a pan-India movement against forced land acquisition.

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury had lunch and a spent close to two hours on Sunday with former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The veteran leader had been expelled from the party in July 2008 for refusing to quit the Speaker's post as the Left withdrew support to the UPA government over the Indo-US nuclear deal.