Archive · 27 Jul 2025
Ludhiana Villages Ban AAP Leaders Over Land Policy
Some villages in Punjab are angry about the government's plan to take over farmland.
They've put up signs saying leaders from the ruling party can't come into their villages.
The villagers are worried they will lose their land and jobs.
They are planning protests, similar to past demonstrations, to stop the government's plan.
Villagers in Ludhiana district banned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders from entering their villages.
The ban is in response to the Punjab government's land pooling policy.
Posters declaring the ban and critical of AAP leaders were placed in four villages.
Farmers fear the land pooling policy threatens their land ownership and livelihoods.
Multiple farmer organizations are planning protests against the policy.
- Who
- Villagers from Malak, Aligarh, Pona, and Agwar Gujaran and AAP leaders.
- What
- Villagers banned AAP leaders from entering their villages.
- When
- Recently, with posters appearing on Sunday.
- Where
- Ludhiana district, Punjab, specifically Malak, Aligarh, Pona, and Agwar Gujaran villages.
- Why
- In protest against the Punjab government's land pooling policy.
Villagers
Government (Implied)
Land Acquisition
Villagers
Oppose the land pooling policy due to fears of losing land and livelihoods.
Government (Implied)
No opposing view presented in the article.
- Location
- Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Villages Involved
- Malak, Aligarh, Pona, and Agwar Gujaran
- Policy Protested
- Land Pooling Policy
- Action Taken
- Ban on AAP leaders
- Protest Slogan
- "Bhagwant Mann Bhajao, Punjab Bachao" and "Kejriwal Bhajao, Zamin Bachao"
