Congress Starts Agitation Over Land Ordinance in UP villages that Fought for Land Rights

The Congress set the ball rolling on its action plan to take on the Union government today over the land ordinance, issuing a call to action to farmers. The venue was the twin villages of Bhatta Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh, close to Delhi, which had been the flashpoint of land agitation in 2011. Former rural development minister Jairam Ramesh attended a panchayat there to discuss the implications of the ordinance a day after the Congress brainstorming session to revive the party.