Ellenabad bypoll: To campaign or not, Samyukt Kisan Morcha to decide today

Geetanjali Gayatri

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 30

Having campaigned extensively in the West Bengal elections and announced “mission UP”, the farmers protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws have yet to take call on participating in the Ellenabad byelection.

In dilemma over ellenabad bypoll

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• The farmers are opposing BJP-JJP leaders in Haryana
• But they are unsure of doing the same in bypoll
• It will be decided at an SKM meeting at Singhu on Friday

Though the farmers are opposing leaders of the ruling BJP-JJP alliance in the state, they are unsure of doing the same in the bypoll. They said a decision would be taken at a meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) likely to be held at Singhu tomorrow.

“My individual opinion doesn’t matter. We will go with the decision of the SKM,” Haryana BKU leader Gurnam Singh Charuni said. Yogendra Yadav echoed the same sentiment.

Another leader said Punjab farm leaders were not too keen on participating in the Ellenabad byelection. “We campaigned in West Bengal and met with success. We will do so in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab too. However, a byelection doesn’t change the power equations much and the ruling party generally has the upper hand,” he said, adding that the Haryana unit should be allowed to take a call on the same.