Breaking: Akali Dal calls emergency meeting
By Ravi Jakhu
Chandigarh, August 5, 2025 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal has called an emergency meeting of the party on August 7 at 12 PM at the party headquarters in Chandigarh to intensify the ongoing agitation against the Punjab government’s land pooling policy.
Addressing the media today, SAD senior vice president and secretary Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that the meeting will be attended by members of the core committee, working committee, district jathedars, and constituency in-charges.
The meeting will focus on finalizing the party’s strategy to counter the alleged conspiracy of the Aam Aadmi Party-led Bhagwant Mann government—acting under Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s directives—to forcibly acquire 65,000 acres of fertile agricultural land, which the party claims will devastate farmers and farm labourers across Punjab.
Apart from the land pooling issue, the meeting will also deliberate on the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the upcoming block samiti and zila parishad elections, and the overall political scenario in Punjab and at the national level.