Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh Launches Protest Against Land Ordinance In Bhatta Parsaul

GREATER NOIDA, INDIA - JANUARY 14: Congress leader and former Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh leading an agitation by farmers against the land acquisition ordinance at Bhatta Parsaul village on January 14, 2015 in Greater Noida, India. Congress launched its agitation against the land acquisition ordinance accusing the Narendra Modi government of snatching away all the rights given to the people by the erstwhile UPA regime. It was in this village in Greater Noida from where Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi had started the party's protests in 2011 against farm land acquisition leading to the enactment of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, many of whose measures have now been repealed by the ordinance. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)