Farmers Movement Archive

Haryana: Gurnam Singh Charuni urges khap panchayats to amicably resolve communal & caste-based issues

KURUKSHETRA: BKU (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Friday issued an “important message for maintaining and strengthening the brotherhood” in Haryana, urging khap panchayats to be aware of communal and caste-based issues arising in parts of the state. He urged the Haryana khap panchayats to intervene and amicably resolve them by involving representatives of the concerned communities. Charuni said, “Today we are passing through a very crucial period when the country’s BJP government is working to sell the entire nation. There is bad news, that we are getting divided on lines of communalism and casteism... At many places in Haryana, different castes are going through estrangements. We have come to know that they (people of different castes) are running campaigns against each other and indulging in disputes in several villages of Haryana. It is my request with folded hands to everyone that if we get divided on the lines of communalism and casteism, then BJP will benefit and the entire nation will go to ruins. Today, BJP and RSS want to create such rifts, but we should beware.” “I urge all khap panchayats that wherever such issues are in the villages of Haryana, their representatives should intervene and establish the brotherhood by any means. I came to know that there are disputes in three-four villages where these should be settled,” he said. The farm leader also urged the leaders of Dalit communities to intervene in such matters and talk to persons concerned to resolve irksome issues. Similar policies can be adopted for other communities also to ensure the strengthening of brotherhood in the state, he said and advised the khap panchayats to include one representative of other communities in such matters which develop on the lines of communalism or casteism.

The Times of India

2021-10-23

Chandigarh