Punjab BJP announces ‘Save Land, Save Farmers’ Yatra against land pooling policy from Aug 17 to Sep 5
The yatra will kick off on August 17 from Patiala, and pass through villages in Malwa, Majha, and Doaba regions affected by the land pooling plan, culminating in Pathankot on September 5, he said.
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The protest against the government’s land pooling policy to acquire over 65,000 acres of land in 164 villages of Punjab is being held under the banner of the Zameen Bachao Punjab Bachao Sangharsh Committee. (Source: File)Sharpening its attack on ruling AAP in Punjab against the proposed “Land Pooling Scheme”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday announced a state-wide yatra titled “Save Land, Save Farmers”, from August 17 to September 5.
The drive will be led by party’s state working president Ashwani Sharma.
Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh, BJP’s state vice president Kewal Singh Dhillon said that during this yatra, BJP Punjab will go village-to-village creating awareness among farmers against this scheme and mobilise them. It will meet the farmers who are already aware and struggling, and standing shoulder-to-shoulder, will support them.
The yatra will kick off on August 17 from Patiala, and pass through villages in Malwa, Majha, and Doaba regions affected by the land pooling plan, culminating in Pathankot on September 5, he said.
BJP leaders condemned the Bhagwant Mann government, saying it has launched a serious assault on the land of farmers. Through the land pooling scheme, the government seeks to hand over farmers’ land to land mafias through backdoor means – which is completely unacceptable, they said.
They stated, “BJP stands like a rock with the farmers. Until the AAP government withdraws the land pooling policy, the BJP will continue to fight at all levels in solidarity with the farmers.”
Meanwhile, BJP’s state president Sunil Jakhar in a post on X wrote: “The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted a stay on Punjab government’s land pooling policy. Although this stay is currently limited to a single day, considering the government’s authority of unsuccessful litigation regarding policies detrimental to the public interest, it is likely that this initiative to acquire farmers’ land will not withstand legal scrutiny. Consequently, the government is poised to face defeat in this case as well. Therefore it would be prudent for the Chief Minister to relinquish the interests of Delhi and acknowledge the sentiments of Punjab by withdrawing this policy.”
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