HSKM to boycott SKM meeting, will have its own at Tikri

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HSKM to boycott SKM meeting, will have its own at Tikri

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Chandigarh: After Gurnam Singh Charuni-led BKU (Charuni), the Haryana Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (HSKM) on Wednesday announced to boycott the meetings of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) at Singhu claiming that the SKM is heading towards the “undemocratic ways” and has put the agitation on hold. The HSKM has insisted that the agitation should be focussed on the assurance of MSP and the pro-farmer amendments in laws, rather then completely withdrawal of the same. “We had been writing to them in the past as well that the agitation is heading towards the fulfilment of political aspiration of leaders and the people active in committee are the ones active in electoral politics. In the process, the real farmer issues are getting ignored,” said HSKM spokesman Dr Shamsher Singh. As far as functioning of SKM is concerned, there were 40 members initially which has come down to seven. They did not even think of expanding the morcha team and are working on the lines of political aspirations. “No stand has been taken against Charuni and even our requests have gone unheard,” Shamsher added. He said now, HSKM would its own meetings at Tikri border. According to information, all the farmer organisations from Haryana associated with HSKM, their members and their leaders have given then statements of oath that the they would never indulge in electoral politics and won’t allow any body from political party to dominate their agitation. “They are soliciting for everyone, even those who talk about other agendas of separatists. We would only talk about the farmers’ welfare. We reiterated that the SKM should talk about the pro-farmer agendas and MSP assurance, which will open window for discussion with government,” Shamsher said.

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The Times of India

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2021-08-12

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Chandigarh