India, Dec. 17 -- The Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the Land Pooling Act in Ujjain after the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, announced a protest against the amendment order issued on November 17.

In a late-night order, urban development department deputy secretary CK Sadhav said, "The state government had modified, i.e., amended, the proposed town development schemes numbers 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the Ujjain Development Authority under the provisions of Section 52(1)(b) of the Madhya Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1973 on November 17. The said order is hereby completely canceled."

The order further read, "Therefore, the Government of Madhya Pradesh, in the public interest, under S...