Hoshiarpur, July 29 -- Farmers of Shergarh and Purhiran villages in Hoshiarpur district on Monday held a meeting in Purhiran under the aegis of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha during which leaders said they would oppose the state government's land pooling policy. Morcha member Harbans Singh Sangha said a tractor march would be taken out from Purhiran to the mini secretariat on July 30. Farmers also said that they would join a rally to be organised in Mullanpur on August 24.

Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba) president Manjit Singh Rai said not an inch of land would be given to the government. "The government wants to rob the farmers of their fertile land to feed land sharks. We will not let anyone deprive us of our source of livelihood," said Rai, wh...