SAD leader asks Ayali to clarify stand on land pooling scheme

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parambans Singh Romana today told Dakha legislator Manpreet Singh Ayali not to misuse the name of Sri Akal Takht Sahib to cover up his illegalities and challenged him to show one registry or electricity bill to prove that Ananta Enclave in Ludhiana pre-existed 2018 as claimed by him to get it regularised in back date.

Telling Manpreet Ayali clearly not to beat around the bush by embroiling the pious Takht in matters concerning illegalities in regularising his 28 acre unauthorised colony in back date during the Congress rule as well as succeeding in keeping his land out of the pooling scheme now under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, Romana asserted that Ayali would have to clarify the illegalities committed by him instead of trying to politicise the issue. “He has sold the rights of the poor farmers to protect his land parcels and is now invoking Sri Akal Takht to get away with this anti-farmer act,” he said.

The SAD leader also exposed Ayali who claimed yesterday that he had not opposed the land pooling scheme as he did not want to give the impression that he was trying to save his own land from acquisition. “Farmers across the state are on the roads. How can Ayali escape his responsibility as a public representative on such flimsy grounds,” Romana asked.

He also stated that the truth of the matter was that Ayali had succumbed to pressure from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann who had clearly stated that he had a list of all illegal activities of the MLA. “This is the real reason why he is silent and has deserted the cause of the farming community,” the SAD leader said while asking Ayali to challenge the CM and state that he was ready to get his colony razed by bulldozers if it was illegal.

"Romana is levelling baseless allegations to tarnish my image. About 150 acres of my land in Birmi, Dakha and Kialpur villages is being occupied under the land pooling scheme. Besides, I had applied for a licence for a colony on 58 acres before the land pooling policy, but the application was rejected by the government. These are nothing but an attempt to defame me," Manpreet Ayali, former Shiromani Akali Dal leader, said.