Difficult for Samyukt Samaj Morcha to replicate success: Sunil Jakhar

Chandigarh, December 27

Former PCC chief and party’s campaign committee chairman Sunil Jakhar on Monday said it had become difficult for the farm unions, contesting the elections, to carry forward the mass support they enjoyed during the Delhi agitation.

Won’t support any party: BKU faction

Barnala: The BKU (Dakaunda) has decided it won’t support any party or any group. In a state-level meeting held here on Monday, farmer leaders also announced that their members were free to vote for anyone in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

As many as 22 farmer unions of Punjab, under the banner of Samyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), have decided to contest the upcoming Assembly elections under the leadership of BKU (Rajewal) president Balbir Singh Rajewal.

“Not only have they lost the moral authority to negotiate with Centre the unfinished agenda of MSP, it will be difficult to replicate the success of farmers agitation in Punjab’s political arena,” said Jakhar.

The success at the Delhi border was achieved due to the commitment to the cause and purpose and restrain from extreme provocation. Without the commitment to the cause of farming issues, the morcha seems to be a bunch of rebels without a cause. “They will have to face the realities of the political system. As the illusion breaks, many will return to their political affiliations,” said Jakhar. — TNS