Bhopal, Dec. 17 -- The Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the Land Pooling Act in Ujjain after the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, announced a protest against the amendment order issued on November 17. In a late-night order, urban development department deputy secretary CK Sadhav said, "The state government had modified, i.e., amended, the proposed town development schemes numbers 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the Ujjain Development Authority under the provisions of Section 52(1)(b) of the Madhya Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1973 on November 17. The said order is hereby completely cancelled." It added: "Therefore, the Government of Madhya Pradesh, in the public interest, under Section 52(1)(c) of the Madhya Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1973, hereby revokes and completely cancels the proposed town development schemes numbers 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the Ujjain Development Authority." The state government had initially planned to acquire land from farmers in Ujjain under the Land Pooling Act to develop a sacred city for the Simhastha festival scheduled to be held in 2028. However, amid protests by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, the state announced the repeal of the Act on November 18. But, two days later, it issued a letter amending the scheme instead of cancelling it, triggering protests by the BKS who had been demanding a complete withdrawal of the Act. BKS had alleged that state government cheated farmers by merely modifying the Land Pooling Act instead of withdrawing it completely....