Sangrur, July 10 -- The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) has announced that it will boycott the all-party meeting scheduled for July 18 in Chandigarh, which was convened by several farmer organisations to discuss the Punjab government's recently introduced land-pooling policy. The policy, approved by the Punjab cabinet on June 2, aims to facilitate urban development by allowing landowners to voluntarily contribute their land to government or private development projects. In exchange, landowners are promised developed plots, with possibility of participating in group housing projects. BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said the decision to stay away from the meeting aligns with the principles of the SKM, under which the "Delhi Chalo" farmers' agitation was conducted. "Our struggle was based on SKM's core policy of not engaging with political parties or allowing their leaders on our stage. That independence gave our movement strength and credibility," Ugrahan said. He accused the AAP, Congress, SAD and BJP, of being complicit in policies that aim to seize farmers' land under the guise of development. HTC...