Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) would oppose the land Acquisition Bill proposed by the Centre during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning on Monday.
Briefing reporters after a meeting convened by party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Naveen Niwas here on Sunday, BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab said the party would reiterate its demand for inclusion of the people losing their land as stakeholders in the proposed project that would come up in their land.
Party MP Baijayant Panda said his party would raise its voice for the welfare of the people of Odisha.
Out of a total of 20 lok Sabha members and seven Rajya Sabha members, four, Kalpataru Das, Sarojini Hembram, Anubhav Mohanty and Siddhant Mohapatra, were absent at the meeting.
Besides, Rajya Sabha member Baishnab Parida left the meeting midway to attend his Bhasa Sammilani meeting after taking the consent of the Chief Minister, sources in the party said.