ChandigarhThis time in the winter session of the Haryana Legislative Assembly on Thursday, the discussion was not about any new promise or paper debate, but about the policy of the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab, which has directly benefited the farmers on the ground, This policy of ‘whose field is his sand’ has now started resonating in the politics of Haryana beyond Punjab,
In this series, Aam Aadmi Party’s national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda tweeted a video of the winter session of the Haryana Assembly and wrote that an echo of the excellent policies of the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab was heard in the Haryana Assembly. He said that many leaders raised the demand in the Assembly that the ‘whose field, his sand’ policy implemented by the government of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to help the farmers should be implemented in Haryana also.
Retweeting this tweet, Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal wrote that it is a matter of pride that today even in the Haryana Assembly, the public welfare works of the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab are being discussed. He said that the ‘whose field, his sand’ policy of Bhagwant Mann ji’s government gave the farmers of Punjab their rights and curbed the sand mafia. Kejriwal said in clear words that good policies do not know boundaries and now other states are also talking about adopting the Punjab model.
The same tweet of Arvind Kejriwal was also retweeted by Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Bhagwant Singh Mann, making it clear that the Punjab government is completely confident in its farmer-friendly decisions and is presenting it as a model in front of the country.
After the floods in Punjab, considering the sand accumulated in the fields as the property of the farmers, the government allowed the farmers to remove it and sell it. With this, farmers were able to clear their fields, prepare for the harvest and also earn additional income. This policy reduced the prices of sand by 30–35 percent and also curbed illegal mining. Providing machinery by the government shows that the Aam Aadmi Party government does not just make announcements, but works on the ground.
On the other hand, the situation is different in Haryana. Due to floods in districts like Yamunanagar, Ambala, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Fatehabad and Sirsa, huge amount of sand and silt has accumulated in the fields. Even by December 2025, many fields have not become fit for cultivation and farmers are lagging behind in Rabi sowing. Despite this, the BJP government seems to be avoiding giving relief to the farmers citing rules and regulations. Aam Aadmi Party says that when Punjab government can find a solution, then why not Haryana government. This issue has now become not just a matter of politics, but of the rights and respect of the farmers. The Punjab model has proved that if there is willpower, farmers can be strengthened even during natural disasters.
This demand raised in the Haryana Assembly and the reaction of Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann on it have made it clear that the farmer-friendly policies of the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab are now showing the way for other states too. The only question is whether the BJP government of Haryana will understand this public sentiment or will it keep the farmers waiting like this.
