‘AAP trying to fool farmers to help realtors’
Chandigarh, Jul 22: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh today slammed Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal for misleading Punjab’s farmers with half-baked assurances on the controversial Land Pooling Policy.
Chugh cautioned farmers not to be swayed by the superficial changes. “This policy is meant to trap our farmers in a bureaucratic web where their rights and future remain at the mercy of the state government,” he said.
The financial benefits being promised, ₹1 lakh annually or a 200 sq yard SCO, are nothing but crumbs compared to the true value of the land. As the saying goes, “a drop in the ocean”, too little, too late.
Chugh added that there are still glaring loopholes in the scheme. The so-called consent cheque of ₹50,000 is a tactical bribe to push farmers into surrendering their land without any guaranteed long-term benefit.
He said this is just another episode in Kejriwal and Mann’s pattern of betrayal, using misleading schemes to cover up policy failures. The BJP, he asserted, will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Punjab’s farmers and fight against any attempt to loot their land under the guise of development.
