Won’t contest Punjab election: Gurnam Singh Charuni

Tribune News Service

Karnal, August 11

A couple of days after Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni joined hands with business fraternity in Ludhiana where a political party was launched, the farmer leader on Wednesday clarified that he neither formed a political party in Punjab nor joined any outfit.

“I was invited by Punjab traders to attend a seminar, in which they supported my idea of ‘Mission Punjab’. I will not contest elections in Punjab,” Charuni told the media at Dera Kar Sewa here.

He was in the city to attend a state-level meeting to chalk a plan for the Tiranga Yatra on August 15.

“I went to Punjab to attend a seminar organised by traders. I did not form a party. The seminar was presented in a wrong light, leading to rumours. It was a conspiracy to defame me,” the BKU leader said, adding he was a protester fighting for the rights of farmers. “Farmers will continue to protest until the three laws are revoked.”

Charuni said farmers will hold Tiranga Yatra across the state on August 15 to pay tribute to freedom fighters, martyrs and farmers who sacrificed their lives during the agitation.