Rahul continues footmarch in UP, BSP calls it stunt

Aligarh(Uttar Pradesh), July 6 (PTI) As Rahul Gandhi
Wednesday entered Aligarh district for his Kisan Mahapanchayat
on Saturday blasting north Indian state Uttar Pradesh chief
minister Mayawati on "forcible" acquisition of land from
farmers, the state government talked of his arrest if there is
breach of peace.
After an overnight stay at a villager's house in Rampur
Bangar in Gautam Budh Nagar district where he had dinner,
Rahul continued his footmarch on the second day taking on the
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government on the issue of land
acquisition from farmers at cheap prices.
He entered Aligarh district where he is planning to
hold a Kisan Mahapanchayat but the district administration
said it would be a "clear violation" of the prohibitory orders
in force.
State Home Secretary Deepak Kumar said in Lucknow that
as prohibitory orders are in force in Aligarh, any decision to
arrest Rahul would be taken by the district administration
as per conditions prevailing there.
"If the local administration finds that there are
chances of breach of peace and order, they can take a decision
in this regard as per their wisdom," he said.
In May, Rahul was arrested at Bhatta Parsaul village
after he joined farmers' agitation against land acquisition by
the Mayawati government. He was later released and sent back
to Delhi. Rahul had made a second visit to the area Tuesday.
The 41-year-old All India Congress Committee (AICC)
General Secretary today said the Mayawati government must
understand its responsibilities and regretted that farmers,
whose land is being acquired, come to know of the acqusition
only at the end of the process.