SAS Nagar, August 28- Taking strict notice of the recent issuance of a written letter by the Mohali district administration to 17 gram panchayats regarding the resolution to sell their shamlat lands, the organizations of the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha have opened a front against it.
In this regard, in a meeting called by the farmer organizations at Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Mohali today (in which prominent people of the area also participated), it has been decided that in this regard, a “Save Land, Save Village Committee” will be formed to struggle against the government and resolutions will be passed in gram sabhas against this action of the government by making people aware.
During the meeting, the speakers said that according to the reports received from various villages, there is a lot of anger among the people of the villages against these orders of the government and the panchayats are also not ready to accept such orders. The speakers said that in the recent meeting of the panchayats convened at the DDPO office, pressure was also put on the panchayats to pass resolutions immediately, but the sarpanches expressed their inability to pass such resolutions.
Mr. Paramdeep Singh Baidwan, State Secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union Rajewal, said that it was unanimously said in the meeting that these lands are the only source of income of the panchayats and the government wants to hand over these lands to corporates. During the meeting, it was said that in this way, a conspiracy is being hatched to depopulate the villages by stopping the income of the villages.
He said that during the meeting, the farmer organizations expressed surprise that the Punjab government is so interested in making corporates occupy the lands. The gathered farmer organizations formed a “Save Land, Save Village Committee” to save the lands and it was decided to submit a memorandum to the DC Mohali on August 29 against the seizure of lands.
This memorandum will also be given to other office bearers and MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party and land grabbing will be opposed by passing resolutions of Gram Sabhas in the villages. In the coming days, a full campaign will be launched in this regard and the villages will be saved by protecting the lands at all costs.
The meeting, apart from others, included Kirpal Singh Siau (Rajewal), Jaspal Singh Landran (Lakhowal), Jaspal Singh Niamian, Lakhwinder Singh Lakhi Karala, Angrej Singh Bhadaur, Gurpreet Singh Sekhanmajra, Tirlochan Singh Puadh, Jagjit Singh Karala, Darshan Singh Durali, Kulvir Singh Karala, Pradeep Musahib, Amrik Singh Karala, Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, Rustam Sheikh, Satnam Singh Khalour, Gurpartap Singh Badi, Mukhan Singh Gigemajra and Amarjit Singh Sukhgarh, besides dignitaries of the area.