BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) to join ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, suspends Chandigarh protest
The BKU(Ekta-Ugrahan) announced that it had called off its proposed Chandigarh protest on February 24 and would back the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), which has a significant farmer base in Punjab, on Friday decided to join the ongoing protest being spearheaded by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) at Shambhu and Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana border. Besides, the union will also be holding sit-ins in front of the houses of state BJP president Sunil Jakhar, former CM Captain Amarinder and ex-MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon on February 17 and 18.
The BKU(Ekta-Ugrahan) announced that it had called off its proposed Chandigarh protest on February 24 and would back the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest and make toll plazas across the state free on Saturday and Sunday.
A five-member committee of the BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) met in Sangrur and decided to back the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march initiated by Jagjit Singh Dallewal of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Sarwan Singh Pandher of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC).
BKU Ugrahan wasn’t initially part of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march and had instead decided to hold an indefinite strike in Chandigarh against the Punjab government, a move that had invited a lot of backlash.
Joginder Ugrahan, who heads the BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan), said, “It would have been better if our protesting farmer union leaders had consulted us before giving the Delhi Chalo call. Now, we will all fight together.”
Ugrahan added that SKM, an umbrella body of farmers’ unions, which organised the 2020 farmers’ protests, would hold a meeting on Saturday evening, and the next course of action would be taken after the meeting.