Opposition parties announce Jharkhand bandh on July 5 against land bill amendment

Ranchi | Monday | 18th June, 2018

Summary:

Soren, the leader of opposition in Jharkhand Assembly, was speaking to reporters after chairing over a meeting of opposition parties. The parties met to decide their future course of action against the Raghubar Das government over the bill’s passage. RANCHI: The opposition parties on Monday announced a Jharkhand bandh on July 5 in protest of the President’s approval to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Jharkhand Amendment Bill) 2017. The dharna outside Raj Bhawan will be preceded by dharnas at every block on June 25.“It will be a Maha-Bandi on July 5. When questioned, he added: “We met the President and requested him to not sign the bill before..