Land pooling policy: Back to the drawing board for Punjab govt
The Tribune Editorial:The ruling AAP did a U-turn in a bid to prevent the situation from spinning out of control.
Updated At : 05:57 AM Aug 13, 2025 IST
PUSHED to the brink, the Punjab government has withdrawn its contentious land pooling policy. The writing was on the wall after the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered an interim stay on the policy last week. As Opposition parties and farmer organisations stepped up protests, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) did a U-turn in a bid to prevent the situation from spinning out of control. With barely a year and a half to go for the Assembly elections, AAP just could not afford to upset the state’s farming community, a key vote bank that doesn’t shy away from confronting the powers that be in Chandigarh or Delhi.
