Mayawati Up Land Acquisition

• Uttar Pradesh land war: 40 villages reject High Court order, want their land back

  The land war between the government and farmers in Uttar Pradesh is far from over. Farmers of 40 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Noida Extension have rejected higher compensation and will move the Supreme Court, demanding their land back.

• Farmers from Mayawati's village file pleas against acquisition

  Fifty farmers from Badalpur village - the hometown of UP Chief Minister Mayawati - have moved the Allahabad high court challenging the land acquisition of 230 hectares of land in the village.

• After gun scare, UP Police says Rahul's ignoring safety basics

  The third day of Rahul Gandhi's walkathon through UP began with a security scare.  A man with a revolver was spotted worryingly close to the Congress General Secretary.  Mr Gandhi's SPG (Special Protection Group) members detained the man as he approached Mr Gandhi.Hari Mohan Sharma was handed by the SPG to the UP police.  He claims t...

• After night at farmer's home, Rahul's yatra continues

  Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi began Day 2 of his padyatra by reminding Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati about her responsibility towards farmers. Mayawati's BSP has already slammed his visit by saying "such theatrics won't revive the Congress" in the state Speaking in a village called Sabota, Rahul Gandhi went on to attack Mayawati's...

• We do not want 'more Nandigrams', Supreme Court tells UP government

  In a stern warning to the Mayawati government for acquiring prime agricultural land to benefit builders, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will step in if this continued as it did not want "more Nandigrams" in other states."We will not keep our eyes closed. You take it (agricultural land) from one side and give it to the other. This has to go an...

• Have UP farmers been sold out by Mayawati?

  Tractors that have turned into fire pits, their flames leaving what was a cloud-free sky scrambling for cover.  Two young boys being slapped by men in uniform.  A 70-year-old woman examining the shattered windows of her car. These are the images that have hurtled the villages of Bhatta and Parasul into the national headlines. They are loc...

• Protests for Mayawati to give in, new rehabilitation policy for UP farmers

  The Uttar Pradesh government today announced a rehabilitation policy with the provision of annuity for farmers against acquisition of their land."The state government has decided to implement a new rehabilitation policy under which a host of facilities will be offered to the farmers against acquisition of land," Cabinetsecretary Shahshank Shekhar S...

• Rahul Gandhi backs UP farmers against Mayawati

  Across Uttar Pradesh, farmers backed  by political parties happy to help out, made their anger known to the Mayawati government.  In parts of Aligarh and Mathura, trains were stopped, causing delays of two-hours, as passengers sweated it out.The issue is how much farmers are being paid for nearly 500 hectares of land that is being taken f...