Farmers Movement Archive

Arrestt Gurnam Singh Charuni or face blockades, says BKU faction

KURUKSHETRA: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Mann) on Wednesday lodged a complaint against BKU Haryana (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni with the superintendent of police here, demanding his arrest. Guni Parkash, Haryana president of BKU (Mann), alleged that while leading farmers from Yamunanagar to Delhi on Tuesday, Charuni had disrespected former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BKU (Mann) national president, Bhupinder Singh. Guni threatened to organise road blockades from Thursday, if Charuni wasn’t booked and arrested within 24 hours. He told the media outside the SP’s office that: “Charuni called Vajpayee and our union leader traitors, and asked farmers to thrash Bhupinder Singh Mann wherever they found him.” He said: “The SP was not in office but we have asked the DSP concerned for a copy the the FIR against Charuni and his arrest by tomorrow (Thursday), or we will seek an answer from the SP and jam the highways.” A supporter of Guni said: “Charuni should be arrested under terror law, since he talks about restoring Section 370 and breaking up the country. If police fail to arrest him, we will move court. If he meets us on the way, we will have a decisive fight.” During his march to Delhi on Tuesday, Charuni had said in reply to a media query that at Mathana village on Monday, BKU (Mann) had accused him of disturbing law and order in Haryana. He said: “We protest for the rights of the farmers. BKU (Mann) is a group of traitors, American agents who supported the World Trade Organisation when Vajpayee was PM. Teach the a lesson wherever you see them.”

The Times of India

2021-07-22

Chandigarh