Will not part with fertile land: Protesting farmers
During the protest, led by Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), Kadian, protesters raised slogans against the policy. Later, under the leadership of BKU Kadian district president Hardeep Singh Kadian, they handed over a memorandum to SDM, Samrala, Rajnish Arora.
The protesters maintained that they would not give up their ancestral land and alleged that the state government and Glada (Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority) wanted to take their land for vested interests.
Hardeep Singh said that farmers in the village were already facing losses and if their land was taken, they would be left with no means of livelihood.
He said that if the scheme was not retracted, the agitation would be intensified. A protester, Shingara Singh, said that they would rather die than give up their land. He added that if the government needed land, it could proceed with acquisition in hilly terrain but they would not part with fertile land.
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SDM Rajnish Arora said that he would inform Glada about the memorandum. He also said that he visited Baliyon village recently to tell farmers about the benefits of the scheme.
On July 7, residents of four villages—Malak, Poona, Kothe, and Aligarh in Jagraon area—supported by farmer organisations and opposition parties, staged a protest against the land pooling policy at Tehsil Chowk in Jagraon on Monday. The protesters demanded the scrapping of the policy and asserted that they wouldn't share land for the same.
Jagroop Singh Hasanpur, district vice-president, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Dakaunda), said that farmers would hold a protest sit-in outside the Glada office in Ludhiana against the policy on July 15. The Congress has also announced a protest at the same venue on July 14, whereas SAD declared that they would start a protest against the policy on July 15.
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