Farmers Movement Archive

Mann faction leaders join BKU (Rajewal)

Bathinda: Despite farm leader Bhupinder Singh Mann recusing himself from the committee formed by the Supreme Court, a number of senior leaders, including state committee president of farmer organisation BKU (Mann), joined the farm outfit of Balbir Singh Rajewal, BKU (Rajewal). State president of BKU (Mann), Baldev Singh Mianpur and general secretary Gurbachan Singh Bajwa, with other leaders, reached Singhu border on Monday to lend support to Rajewal. Mianpur and Bajwa, with other leaders of BKU (Mann) had, on January 12, slammed Bhupinder Singh Mann for not objecting to the inclusion of his name in the four-member committee constituted by the Supreme Court. Mianpur said that they were angry with Mann for not objecting to join the committee. They said even though he had recused himself from the committee, he should have objected instantly when his name was included in it.

The Times of India

2021-01-19

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