We will not allow the land bill to be passed: Rahul

Jaipur: Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he and his party would in no circumstance allow Land acquisition bill be passed in the parliament.

"We will not allow the government to acquire even an inch of land of the farmers and won't let the land acquisition bill to be passed in parliament," he told a Congress convention here.

."For the first time we have a government which is helping the opposition by giving them issue after issue," he said.

And targeting Modi, he said: "People, especially the poor and the farmers, will turn the 56-inch chest into 5.6 inches in six months... You just watch."

Gandhi added: "It's not Vasundhara Raje's or BJP's government in Rajasthan. It's Lalit Modi's government.

"They (Raje and Modi) are business partners. She broke the law of this country, helped a wanted fugitive.

On Thursday, Gandhi met farmers and other public representatives in Hanumangarh district, over 400 km from here, and told them that his party was firmly standing by them.