Activists of Charuni, Narpat groups clash
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Activists of Charuni, Narpat groups clash
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Activists of the BKU (Charuni) and a group of workers led by Narpat Rana under the banner of BKU (Bhaichara Haryana) today clashed at the Shahzadpur grain market.The BKU (Charuni) was holding its district-level meeting at the grain market when Rana, along with some activists, reached there and started raising slogans against BKU (Charuni) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni. Carrying black flags, Narpat group activists demanded the arrest of Charuni.Unhappy, activists of the Charuni group confronted the Narpat group and asked them to leave.Later, a verbal spat broke out which took an ugly turn. A video of the incident also went viral in which the farm activists were seen snatching flags, pushing and hitting each other with sticks.BKU (Charuni) spokesman Rajiv Sharma said, “Narpat has been working on the directions of the government and he has been repeatedly trying to disturb the atmosphere.”On the other hand, Narpat said: “Charuni has been disturbing the law and order and we have already said we would protest against him. Charuni was holding a meeting. We went there to mark our protest, but his activists misbehaved with us and assaulted us. Our five activists have suffered injuries.” —TNS
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2021-08-29
Coverage
Ambala