Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on tuesday demanded the immediate scrapping of the land pooling scheme and said the BJP would launch a state-wide agitation to protect the interests of farmers.

In a statement issued to KNS ,Chugh said the Modi government is committed to protecting farmers, adding that a "state-sponsored conspiracy to loot farmers' land in the name of development to help realtors" would never be accepted.

Chugh, who personally met Punjab's farmers and submitted their memorandum to the Hon'ble Governor, said, "This is not a policy, it's a betrayal. Farmers know exactly what this scheme is - an official tool to snatch their ancestral lands. Let the Mann government hear this loud and clear: w...