Farmers Movement Archive

Govt must listen, polls will come too: Charuni

Ambala/Yamunanagar: Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Wednesday said a government which did not listen to its people could not remain in power when elections come. Charuni was speaking while addressing gatherings of protesting farmers at toll plazas near Gadholi-Gadhola villages on National Highway (NH) 344 and at Devi Nagar on NH 44 in Ambala and Yamunanagar, respectively. The rallies were organiaed by BKU Haryana (Charuni) workers and farmers. “Efforts are being made to defame the agitation. But we want to tell them (the government) that elections will surely come and we will look at them at that time. We are seeing such gundaraj (lawlessness) for the first time. Instead of police, gundas (goons) are being sent to beat farmers with batons. Threats are being issued and our mobile numbers have been provided to IT cells,” he said. “Despite all this, the government is never above people, who are the most important.,” said Charuni. “Kisan andolan has been going on for over two and a half months, but the government is not changing its stand. ,” said Charuni, while talking to the media at toll plaza in Yamunanagar. In Yamunanagar, Charuni asked protesters to prepare the next strategy. “It has started to appear that the Haryana government will fall in the coming days. The agitation in Haryana is a success,” he said. When asked about BKU leaderRakesh Tikait giving the government up to October 2 to repeal the laws, Charuni said, “We do not agree to this deadline and neither is it a decision of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha. It may be his own decision or he may have said it in a manner of speaking. We will stay and fight with the agitation.” Talking about the arrest of actor-activist Deep Sidhu, Charuni said, “If he (Deep) knows any secret about the kisan snion, if any union has done anything wrong in the agitation, he should reveal it. He (Deep) is not associated with any kisan union.”

The Times of India

2021-02-11

Chandigarh