Mohali, July 29 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) led by its president Sukhbir Singh Badal held a protest outside PUDA Bhawan in Sector 62, Mohali, on Monday, against the Punjab government's land pooling policy, branding it as 'anti-farmer'. The protest-part of SAD's statewide agitation-covered the districts of Mohali, Ropar, and Fatehgarh Sahib. The next protest has been scheduled for August 4 in Bathinda.

Addressing the gathering, Badal alleged that the scale of "land loot" being carried out by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government at the behest of its "Delhi masters" is unprecedented in Punjab's history. "There is no development rationale behind this move. Even the 2,000 acres acquired earlier for the Aerotropolis project in Mohali remain u...