Won't allow land 'grab': Warring protests land pooling policy

The Congress would oppose the state government's land pooling policy with its all might, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said while addressing a gathering during a protest outside the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) office in Ludhiana on Saturday.

- Tarsem Singh Deogan

Thousands of Congress workers participated in the massive protest but ex-chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, senior leader and MLA Pargat Singh and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu were conspicuous by their absence.

Warring, who arrived on a tractor, accused the AAP government of trying to “loot” farmers’ land. Terming it a land “looting” policy, Warring said the Congress would never allow the AAP-led government to go ahead with this move. He accused the state government of moving to acquire nearly 50,000 acres of farmland on Ludhiana’s outskirts without the consent of or compensation to landowners.

“This is not land pooling. It’s outright land snatching. They want to take away land worth ₹100 and return land worth only ₹25,” he said.