BKU (Mann) demands arrest of Tikait, Charuni
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BKU (Mann) demands arrest of Tikait, Charuni
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Kurukshetra: Bhartiya Kisan Union (Mann) Haryana unit president Guni Parkash on Monday held a protest against BKU (Charuni) and burnt the effigy of its chief, Gurnam Singh Charuni at Mathana village on Kurukshetra-Saharanpur road in Kurukshetra district. Guni Parkash and his union have been supporting the Centre’s three agri-marketing laws from the beginning. They accused Charuni and BKU (Arajnaitik) national president Rakesh Tikait of misleading farmers. Guni led a brief protest at Mathana village with hardly 40 supporters sitting on Kurukshetra-Saharanpur road. He demanded the arrest of Charuni and Tikait with immediate effect saying that “criminal cases were registered against them.” He also handed over a memorandum of demands to the district administration officer. “In the name of the farmers’ protest, these leaders (Charuni and Tikait) have murdered over 500 farmers by misleading them. They have disturbed law and order in Haryana by committing riots. We demand immediate arrests of Rakesh Tikait and Gurnam Charuni as cases have been registered against them already. They are doing political stunts and have nothing to do with the issues of farmers. If they are not arrested, then Kurukshetra SP will have to give an answer on July 22. We will permanently block the road here and until our demands are accepted we will keep holding the protest at Mathana”, said Guni. Supporting the farm laws of the Centre government, Guni said, “There is nothing black in these laws and they are in the interest of farmers. The leaders of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) are doing politics and they should tell us what is black and white in these laws.” BKU (Mann) Haryana unit also held a meeting with regards to the arrest of Kurukshetra’s Vishal Jood, who has been arrested by the New South Wales (NSW) police in Australia over criminal cases. “Vishal Jood should be released from jail after meeting the Australian government”, said Guni.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-07-20
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Gurgaon