Ludhiana, Aug. 5 -- Flaying the state government's land pooling policy, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Monday said farmers were ready to go to any extent to protect their land. Addressing a press conference in Ludhiana after holding a meeting of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM, non-political), Dallewal said a massive gathering would be organised at the grain market of Jodhan village of the district on Thursday (August 7). The objective is to compel the Punjab government to withdraw the controversial land pooling policy. Urging the people of the state to participate in the August 7 event, he accused the state government of misleading farmers on the land pooling scheme. "The farmer unions are uniting to resist what they see as land grabbing under the guise of development," said Dallewal while recalling the farmers'protest at Singhu and Tikri on Haryana-Delhi border a few years ago. Referring to CM Bhagwant Mann's announcements regarding annual compensation for pooled land, Dallewal said, "First, it was Rs.30,000 per acre per year, then Rs.50,000, then Rs.1 lakh with a promise of a 10% annual increase. These shifting statements show lack of transparency." "If a farmer's land is worth Rs.1 crore, the government must return Rs.4 crore worth of developed land. Anything less is exploitation," he stated....