CHANDIGARH: In the face of mounting criticism from farmers’ teams and dissent inside AAP ranks, Punjab authorities Monday withdrew its controversial Land Pooling Policy, 2025.The growth comes 4 days after Punjab and Haryana excessive courtroom stayed the policy, flagging a number of considerations, together with absence of a rehabilitation policy for landless farm labourers, lack of influence evaluation research on society and setting, and the truth that fertile land was shortlisted for pooling. It might have an effect on the social milieu, excessive courtroom had mentioned Thursday.On Monday, hundreds of farmers held bike rallies throughout the state to protest the land-pooling bid. In the night, division of housing and concrete growth issued a brief press notice: “government hereby withdraws the Land Pooling Policy, 2025, and its subsequent amendments. Consequently, all actions like LOIs issued, registrations done or any other action taken thereunder shall be reversed henceforth.“It is learnt AAP’s prime management grew more and more involved the policy might be politically damaging and undermine govt’s different achievements over the previous three years. Several AAP functionaries had resigned over the problem, and dissent inside the ranks was rising louder. Less than three weeks in the past CM Bhagwant Mann assert that farmers wouldn’t undergo any losses and that they “actually like the policy as it would transform them into stakeholders in govt’s development schemes”.“The policy was introduced in the interest of farmers. AAP always stands with farmers. If farmers do not like this policy, why should we impose it? Therefore, respecting the voice of farmers we are withdrawing this policy,” AAP spokesman Neel Garg posted on X.
