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Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni calls off march from Ambala to Tikri border

Tribune News ServiceKarnal, November 17BKU leader Gurnam Singh Charuni has called off the farmers’ march from Ambala to the Tikri border on November 25.In a video message, he said some of the SKM leaders had given a call for the march to Delhi border on November 24 from Mohra Mandi. "We don't want to send any wrong message and as the agitation would get affected we have called off the march," said Charuni.Charuni at a state core committee meeting held recently in Karnal had given the call for the march on November 25 from Mohra Mandi to Tikri border that would pass through Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat and Rohtak districts. The SKM, meanwhile, also gave a call for the march.Without naming anyone, Charuni accused some of the farmer leaders from Punjab of dividing the farmers of Haryana saying, "Saddened on this issue. The leaders, trusting whom around 700 farmers sacrificed their lives and lakhs of others have been struggling for the past one year, are lying now. No decision was taken about the march by the SKM at any meeting, whether it was the meeting of SKM Haryana, or nine-member committee or the main SKM," he said.Charuni said they had called off the march to save the farmers’ movement. He said they had received support for the march not only from Haryana but also from Punjab.

The Tribune

2021-11-17