Sukhbir S Badal Demands Decision To Acquire 24,311 Acres Of Land Around Ludhiana To Develop Urban Estates Be Scrapped Immediately

May17,2025 | Balraj Khanna | Ludhiana

(Says decision taken without taking the consent of farmers, says SAD will oppose this move along with famers)

Ludhiana, May 17 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today demand the immediate review and scrapping of the decision to acquire 24,311 acres of land across 32 villages in Ludhiana in the name of developing new Urban Estates, stating the move was anti-farmer and was aimed solely to filling the coffers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

In a statement here, the SAD president said “it is shocking that the AAP government has passed a proposal to acquire 24,311 acres of land in the vicinity of the city to develop Urban Estates, a scheme which has failed earlier in many other parts of the State. It is even more condemnable that this decision has been taken without consulting or taking the consent of farmers whose lands will be snatched from them. Thousands of farmers will be rendered landless and this will affect their way of life irreversibly”.

Mr Sukhbir Badal said “there is more than meets the eye. The AAP government is desperate to collect money to fund its publicity schemes. Earlier also the government had taken a decision to acquire land near Mohali with the same purpose. Now the farmers of Ludhiana are being sacrificed to fulfill chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s desire to fill the coffers of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia so that he can continue in his chair”.

Asserting that the SAD would not allow this injustice to prevail, Mr Badal said “we will support the affected farmers as well as farm organizations to oppose this move and will force the AAP government to reverse this decision”. Telling the chief minister that he should not go about selling Punjab, Mr Badal said “farm land is being frittered away without any need. It is clear that the Aam Aadmi Party has taken on the role of an unscrupulous property developer”. EOM

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