Proposal to acquire 2300 acres for the 2000 MW plant "Government had employed all tactics to terrorise the people' CHANDIGARH: The Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, a conglomerate of Left parties, has threatened to make it a national issue in case the Punjab government failed to meet the demands of the people of the four villages of Mansa district of Punjab, who are agitating against a proposal to acquire their 2300 acres of land to set up a 2000 MW thermal power plant. Announcing this while talking to reporters here, the Samiti chief, Prem Singh Gehlawat said that the people, especially the farmers and agricultural labour of the affected villages which include Banawali, Peeron, Raipur and Talwandi Akliya were also opposed to the proposal of handing over the plant on the "Build Operate Own' basis to some private company. Mr. Gehlawat disclosed that a three member committee of the Samiti, which apart from him also included the Convenor of the Punjab Kisan Union (PKU), Sube Singh and former MLA, Tarsem Singh Jodhan, visited the affected villages last week. He said that it was evident that the state government had employed all tactics to terrorise the people into submission to the "pre-determined' terms and conditions. Commenting on the prevailing conditions, Mr. Gehlawat said that the local administration was highly politicised in favour of the ruling establishment. He said that this could be well gauged that the police falsely booked six persons by name and nearly four dozens of the "unidentified' persons under section 307 of the IPC for