Chandigarh, July 2 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced a series of protests starting from Ludhiana on July 15, aimed at safeguarding the interests of farmers in Punjab. Addressing a press conference here, the SAD president said 40,000 acres of land of 158 villages were being acquired under a purported land pooling scheme which was in fact a "land-grabbing scheme". Sukhbir accused the AAP government of attempting to acquire the land under the Punjab Regional Town Planning and Development Act, 1995. He claimed that the scheme was designed not to benefit farmers or the public but to fill the coffers of the AAP, alleging that the party aimed to raise Rs.10,000 crore through bribes. The protests, according to Sukhbir, will take place across various cities where land is slated to be acquired, including Ludhiana (24,000 acres), Mohali (2,535 acres), Amritsar (4,464 acres), and several other districts like Patiala, Jalandhar, Bathinda and Sangrur, with a total of 40,000 acres of land affected....