Are farmer leaders protesting over the Centre바카라s three agriculture laws planning a foray into state elections 2021?
An idea was pitched earlier this month by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Charuni. His 바카라Mission Punjab바카라 has since mainly drawn flak.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the joint platform of protesting unions, seeks to keep its stir apolitical. Among their demands are the repeal of the three farm laws and the legalisation of minimum support price (MSP).
바카라The Morcha바카라s (SKM) 바카라Mission Uttar Pradesh바카라 is meant to defeat the BJP. Say BJP loses, whoever forms the government - will they accept our demands?바카라 he asks.
In Haryana, where there are about half a dozen factions of the BKU, Gurnam Singh has been active among tillers for 29 years. BKU (Charuni) is said to wield influence in and around the districts of Ambala, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, and Yamunanagar.
The 62-year-old farmer leader is from Charuni Jattan village in Shahbad tehsil of Kurukshetra district of Haryana. As with Gurnam Singh, in some parts of the state people add the name of their village as a surname.
He publicly shared the poll-idea on July 6 through a video statement on his Facebook page. A day later, SKM leader Darshan Pal took to Social Media to clarify that 바카라Mission Punjab바카라 was about ideating and working for a 바카라model government바카라 in Punjab, not about participating.
However, he did not clarify how it was different from 바카라Mission UP바카라.
A veteran of eight direct Lok Sabha contests, Hannan Mollah of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), clarified that a union leader may contest, but as an independent or for a political party.
바카라Mass organisations are not registered as political parties,바카라 said the septuagenarian member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Echoed Rakesh Tikait of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait), 바카라Such a person will need to contest as an independent or as representative of a political party; not as a union leader.바카라
Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are among five states going to the polls in early 2022. The two, apart from Haryana, has the highest representation among protestors sitting at Delhi바카라s borders since November 26 last year.
Some say that the firebrand Charuni is an iconoclast. Earlier too, he had differences with the SKM.
Is he sympathetic towards the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)? The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has been making inroads in Punjab politics since the last elections.
In 2014, his wife, Balwinder Kaur, did contest from the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat in Haryana as AAP candidate. She secured some 32,554 or 2.17% of the total votes polled.
And in 2019, Gurnam Singh himself contested from the Ladwa assembly seat in Kurukshetra as an independent candidate. He managed a meagre 1,307 (0.95% of total) votes.
When probed about a possible political platform, he says, 바카라I will not comment on any specific party,바카라 adding: 바카라Read the Constitution. Where does it say you need a political party to contest an election?바카라
However, Charuni was not so elusive on other parties. His 바카라Mission Punjab바카라 is different from UP since he feels the peasants바카라 current stir has done well in Punjab.
바카라We have not been as successful in UP. It will be akin to the dream of building a castle in air if we think of forming government in UP,바카라 is his conclusion. And then adds, 바카라Punjab wants a change바카라.
Charuni does not believe that a multi-corner contest will give BJP an edge. Anti-BJP votes will not be divided 바카라 with ruling Congress on one side and the AAP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on the other 바카라 he believes.
바카라BJP can바카라t even find enough candidates,바카라 he states. As for SAD, Charuni says the party was an BJP ally when the contentious laws were mooted, and thus, does not stand a chance.
바카라People will choose the right one among four-five political parties in fray. An alternative (government) can evolve as a model for the change required in the country,바카라 says Charuni who always talks of 바카라changing the system바카라.
He envisions Chief Minister being a 바카라direct representative바카라. Is he referring to the pattern followed for electing the President of the United States of America? 바카라Sort of,바카라 he agrees.
바카라This party-politics has destroyed the country. It needs to be changed. If a candidate contests on a BJP ticket, he can바카라t dismiss the party바카라s diktat. He is bound to his party. How can such a person be the people바카라s representative?바카라 he opines.
So, will it be Gurnam Singh Charuni, MLA, or will he be another founder of another political outfit?
바카라I never said that I바카라ll contest; did I? I바카라m just sharing my thoughts. The final decision is the people바카라s바카라,바카라 he concludes.
But questions remain hanging바카라
