Top SKM leaders to visit Bengal, will campaign against BJP in four places
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Top SKM leaders to visit Bengal, will campaign against BJP in four places
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Photos in email Pics: Farm leaders from Punjab campaigning against BJP in Kolkata on Wednesday Bathinda: Upping the ante against the Modi government, senior Sanyukta Kisan Morcha leaders will tour West Bengal on a three-day visit from March 12 to campaign against Bharatiya Janata Party. The polling in West Bengal is to be held in 6 phases from March 27 to April 29. Senior leaders Rakesh Tikait, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Darshan Pal, Yogendra Yadav, Yudhvir Singh, Manjit Singh and Himanshu Tiwari will hold rallies under the banner of West Bengal Kisan Mahapanchayat in Kolkata, Nandigram, Singur, and Asansol. Aiming to prevail upon people to vote against the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, Punjab farmer leaders have been addressing rallies in the state. The trend started on March 4, when the farmer leader Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala addressed a rally organised by the ‘Forum to Save Indian Constitution and West Bengal from Fascist Forces’ in Kolkata. On Wednesday, a number of farm leaders from Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan participated in a rally organised by the forum in Kolkata, addressed mainly by left-leaning activists. Manjit Singh Dhaner, Raminder Singh Patiala and Manjit Rai from Punjab, Abhimanyu Kohad from Haryana, Ranjit Singh Raju of Ganganagar in Rajasthan participated in the rally and urged people to oppose BJP tooth and nail. Raminder Singh Patiala and Manjit Singh Dhaner told TOI over the phone that “the kisan morcha has not sided with any particular party. The rallies which we are addressing or will address in the future by farm leaders will be organised by either peasants or activists from various sections minus any particular party. We have given a call to the people to vote against BJP and give it to anyone who is capable of defeating BJP as it has proved it to be anti-farmer and the face of this party needs to be unmasked across the country.”
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The Times of India
Date
2021-03-11
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Chandigarh