NEW DELHI: Yet another RSS affiliate, Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), on Tuesday slammed the land acquisition bill brought by the NDA government, saying it contained “several detestable and unacceptable sections”.

Appearing before the joint committee of Parliament which is examining the controversial legislation, the SJM delegation led by its national convener Ashwani Mahajan criticized dropping of consent clause and social impact assessment provisions in the bill.

The four-member delegation said the consent of farmers should be ensured before land acquisition of any kind and it should also have a comprehensive assessment about need, and social and environmental impact before land acquisition, sources said.

“Re-promulgated Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance issued on April 3, 2015 contains several detestable and unacceptable sections, even after incorporation of several amendments that have been included in 2015 ordinance under intense public pressure,” SJM told the panel.

In its eight-point representation, it stressed that agricultural and forest land should not be allowed to be acquired for any other purpose in the interest of food security of the nation and that the “government should not own the responsibility of acquiring land for the needs of private industries”.

With the joint committee of Parliament seeking an extension, the land bill is unlikely to be passed in Parliament in the coming monsoon session. And with assembly elections scheduled in Bihar later in the year, the bill looks destined to be pushed to the winter session.

The SJM, meanwhile, told the panel that since land is a scarce resource, the government should come out with a comprehensive land use policy under which ceiling be fixed for its use for agriculture, forests, industry, roads etc.

SJM joins other RSS affiliates like Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh and Akhil Bhartiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya in opposing the bill.

The panel has so far recorded the appearance of 52 individuals and organizations out of 510 representations it received. Sources said the panel will begin examining provisions of the bill clause wise in the next few days.

The panel had also called representatives of CPI's farmer wing All India Kisan Sabha, Prabodh Kumar Panda and its general secretary Atul Kumar Anjan. In its representation, the Sabha also opposed the amendments.