Ludhiana, May 17 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today demanded the immediate review and scrapping of the decision to acquire 24,311 acres of land across 32 villages in Ludhiana in the name of developing new Urban Estates (UE), stating that the move was anti-farmer and was aimed solely at filling the coffers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He said "it is shocking that the AAP government has passed a proposal to acquire 24,311 acres of land in the vicinity of the city to develop UE, a scheme which has failed earlier in many other parts of the State. It is even more condemnable that this decision has been taken without consulting or taking the consent of farmers whose lands will be snatched from them. Thousands of far...