Farmers Movement Archive

Will oppose BJP, JJP in MC, panchayat elections: BKU

Hisar, July 5The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has announced to oppose the candidates supported by the BJP and JJP in the panchayat and urban local body elections scheduled later this year.The BKU adopted a resolution in this regard in a meeting organised at Uchana town in Jind district on Sunday.District BKU president Azad Palwan read out nine resolutions at the meeting which drew support from the gathering. He said that the farmers are united in the ongoing fight against the three agricultural laws and would continue the struggle until the Centre accepted the demand of the farmers.He said they would teach the ruling alliance in Haryana a lesson by ensuring the defeat of the candidates supported by the BJP and JJP in the Panchayati Raj Institutions and urban local body elections in the state.The BKU also took up farmer-related issues and demanded a solution to electricity issues, strict action in crime against women, employment for youth, Rs 50 lakh and a government job for the kin of protesters who lost their lives during the agitation, cancellation of the Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property During Disturbance to Public Order Bill, 2021, enactment of a law on the MSP, besides a loan waiver for farmers and labourers, and cancellation of four labour codes.

The Tribune

2021-07-06