Farm leader Darshan Pal has no link with CPI (Maoist): Union

Chandigarh, January 11

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A day after the Communist Party of India (Maoist) announced expulsion of Dr Darshan Pal from the party, the Krantikari Kisan Union today said the farm leader had no link with any political outfit.

Gurmeet Singh Mehman, general secretary, Krantikari Kisan Union, said Dr Darshan Pal, who’s the chief of their association, had no links with the banned outfit and it was a conspiracy to defame farmers. “Dr Darshan Pal has been protecting interests of farmers and farm labourers since decades. He has stood against pro-corporate and anti-people policies,” reads the statement of the union.

The Communist Party of India (Maoist), which was banned in 2009, had issued a statement stating that Dr Darshan Pal was their state committee member, Punjab, and a decision to expel “Comrade Joseph (Dr Darshan Pal) and Comrade Sanjeet (Arjun Prasad Singh) had been taken by the central committee due to their anti-party activities.