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Nitish Kumar fsts against land acquisition bill
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar began a 24-hour fast here on Saturday
morning in protest against the land acquisition amendment bill of the
Narendra Modi government.
His fast is a part of Bihar's ruling
JD-U stir against the land acquisition bill and to expose the Modi
government and mobilise people against it.
Nitish Kumar along
with senior party leaders began the fast at the party headquarters, JD-U
spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said. During the fast Nitish Kumar will take
only lemon water, JD-U leaders said.
JD-U state president
Vashisht Narain Singh said that hundreds of thousands of party workers
and leaders including the chief minister have started a fast across the
state in protest against the land acquisition amendment bill.
Nitish Kumar has already described the bill as a "black law", which was against the interests of farmers.
He
said the Modi government should take back the law or face a countrywide
protest. "The land acquisition amendment bill is anti-farmer and
anti-people," he said.