Bajwa slams AAP’s land pooling policy as ‘loot’ of farmers’ land

He claimed the authorities intends to get 6,50,000 acres crossed Punjab, with astir 6,000 acres targeted successful Mohali alone

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Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa contiguous launched a scathing onslaught connected the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's onshore pooling policy, terming it a ‘loot’ of farmers' land.

Addressing a 'Saadi Zameen, Saadi Ma' dharna extracurricular the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) office, Bajwa claimed the authorities intends to get 6,50,000 acres crossed Punjab, with astir 6,000 acres targeted successful Mohali alone.

Bajwa highlighted that lone 35 acres successful Mohali person received consent truthful far, indicating wide absorption to the policy.

Accompanied by erstwhile Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Vijay Sharma Tinku and different leaders, Bajwa said, "A four-member committee of non-Punjabis and a main caput who is besides a non-Punjabi volition determine the destiny of Punjab farmers. Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has kept himself distant from it. He volition not motion immoderate paper. Nor has Arvind Kejriwal signed immoderate papers successful Delhi for the past 10 years. His officers are down the bars now."

Citing the illustration of GMADA's Ecocity-2 Extension Scheme, wherever onshore acquired successful 2013 has yet to spot crippled allotment to farmers, Bajwa questioned the government's quality to present connected its promises.

Former Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, besides contiguous astatine the protest, claimed that the notification has stalled the merchantability and acquisition of astir 65,000 acres of land, affecting farmers, younker and employees.

"The authorities has beaten jawank, kisan, naujawan, mulajim," Sidhu said.

Sidhu claimed that Rs 10 lakhs worthy of crockery has arrived for Arvind Kejriwal astatine the Panchayat Bhawan and they telephone themselves ‘aam aadmi’.

The Congress is organising a bid of protests statewide to request the rollback of the onshore pooling policy.