Farmers Movement Archive

No intention of contesting polls in Punjab: Charuni

Karnal: Terming the media reports about his joining the political front formed by industrialists of Punjab as baseless, BKU (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Wednesday said he never made any announcement that he will contest the Punjab election. He also released a video regarding this announcement and urged the activists to make the farm agitation more strong. In his media interaction in Karnal, where Charuni held a meeting with senior BKU activists, he said, “The media reports about my joining the political front formed by industrialists of Punjab are baseless. I never announced that I will contest the election or become the CM. I was called to Punjab only for a seminar and they (Bharatiya Aarthik Party) told me that they will extend the support to Mission Punjab. I am neither the CM face in Punjab nor will contest the election. Mission Punjab was my idea as there was a need for new faces and panchayati candidates to run the government. We are protesters and will continue to fight till the farmers’ demands are met.” Charuni said that Tiranga Yatra on August 15 will begin from Pipli in Kurukshetra and conclude at Singhu border. Farmers have already started preparations for it and even duties have been assigned to activists, he said. Asked about the BJP Tiranga Yatra, Charuni replied, “BJP is using the Tricolour for power only. With the support of Tiranga, they want to enter villages as farmers have banned their entry there. We honour the Tricolour and even our sons achieeved martyrdom for the honour of Tiranga.” Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, Karnal district president of the BKU (Charuni) said that around 25,000 motorcycles will take part in the yatra, which will give new energy to the youth and protesting farmers.

The Times of India

2021-08-12

Chandigarh