Chandigarh, July 5 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party state chief Sunil Jakhar and national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Friday met governor Gulab Chand Kataria and demanded the withdrawal of the notification issued by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to 'forcibly' acquire farmers' land under the land pooling policy. Calling the policy 'illegal and unconstitutional' Jakhar, while speaking to reporters after the meeting, said that the BJP stands firmly with farmers and will not allow even an inch of land to be acquired without their consent. "The Punjab government's land pooling policy has not yet framed any rules or regulations, making it unclear how severe the next phase of this 'loot' will be," Jakhar said, warning that his party would also approach the courts against this 'unconstitutional' land grab. The Punjab cabinet had last month given its nod to the land pooling policy and asserted that not even a single yard will be forcibly acquired from land owners. Under the land pooling policy, a land owner will be given 1,000 square yards of residential plot and 200 square yards of commercial plot in fully developed land in lieu of one acre of land, the state government had said earlier. The government had also said that the land pooling policy was designed to foster transparent and planned urban development across the state. The BJP state president further said that while the issued land notifications may show the farmer's name on paper, in reality, the farmer cannot sell the land or even take loans against it during financial hardships. Calling the AAP government's move a 'daylight robbery' of farmers' rights," Jakhar asserted that the policy has been introduced only to seize land from farmers and distribute it among the ruling party's favourites. "Under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act, consent from 80% of farmers is mandatory, and land can only be acquired for roads and national security purposes," he said. Chugh alleged that the Punjab government intended to 'grab' thousands of acres of the fertile land of farmers to strengthen the hands of the 'land mafia' at the behest of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal....