Farmers Movement Archive

Gurnam Singh Charuni announces Chandigarh unit of farmer union

Chandigarh, July 25Gurnam Singh Charuni, president, BKU (Charuni), today announced the expansion of his farmer union. At a function organised at a gurdwara in Sector 38, he announced the formation of the Chandigarh unit of the BKU (Charuni).“The new union is not a political party and has been formed to organise farmers in Tricity region,” he said.All members of the tricity Naujawan Kisan Ekta have joined hands to form the city’s BKU unit. While Kirpal Singh has been made the president of the unit, Sarbans Parteek will assume the role of its national core committee member and Parjinder Singh is the general secretary.Laddi Pannu aka Malwinder Pal Singh, who was arrested last Sunday after the Motor Market violence and then granted bail a day later, has been made the vice-president of the unit.Gurnam Singh Charuni said: “People in various parts of the country are protesting against the agro-market laws. When farm activists in Chandigarh protested, the police said they weren’t farmers. Anyway, I still maintain that the laws must not only be condemned by farmers but also those who eat and buy food. The reason why we made a unit here is so that no one feels left out or alone and to make the protests more organised.”Sarbans Parteek said: “More people will be recruited in the unit. We are organising in such a way that one representative or head is assigned to all light points in the city as well.”

The Tribune

2021-07-26