SAD opposes taking over of joint land holdings and giving it to panchayats

CHANDIGARH : Former MP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Prem Singh Chandumajra on Sunday opposed taking over of joint land holdings (mushtarka malkan) and giving it to panchayats in the name of shamlat land and claimed that the AAP government was betraying people.

Addressing a press conference here, Chandumajra said that the action of the state government to vacate joint land holdings in the name of shamlat land was “unconstitutional”.

He claimed that this decision of the state government would further create unrest in the state and would lead to a large number of cases in courts as the mutation of the land concerned has been done several times after its transaction.

He said this would further disturb the law and order situation. “Punjab is already passing through a phase of anarchy and this decision will make the matter worse,” he said.