Bathinda, Aug. 5 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday appealed to the gram panchayats to pass resolutions against the Punjab government's land pooling scheme and make it a mass movement.

Leading a dharna outside the district administrative complex (DAC) in Bathinda, Sukhbir alleged that the scheme favours builders. The former deputy chief minister said the SAD would not allow even an inch of land to be acquired under the AAP government.

He called upon the party workers to continue agitation till the land pooling scheme is withdrawn. "This (land pooling scheme) is not for development. This is a land grabbing scheme which would leave landowners in deep economic crisis. During the SAD regime, land used to be...