Overview

• Starting July 28, villages including Pur Hiran and Shergarh plan to install no-entry boards barring AAP leaders and development officials from pooled land
• Samyukt Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have endorsed joint tractor marches on July 30, along with motorcycle rallies on August 11 and a protest outside the Punjab Urban Development Authority office on August 20
• NREGA workers from BKU Dakaunda will join the July 28 protests, warning that diverting agricultural land under the scheme endangers their employment
• The policy covers 164 villages and over 50,000 acres, offering landowners ₹50,000 after joining, ₹100,000 on possession, plus 1,000 sq yd residential and 200 sq yd commercial plots per acre
• Punjab Cabinet Minister Aman Arora defended the framework as transparent and farmers-friendly, accusing opposition parties of hypocrisy for opposing a model they once proposed