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By: Shree1news, 18 DEC 2020
Regardless of limited presence of farm unions within the state, Haryana has seen a surge in participation of native farmers within the protest. It’s after a number of years that the state has seen such a farmer agitation the place the common man has been leading the charge.
Chaduni-led BKU
Gurnam Singh Chaduni led Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) shouldn’t be affiliated to any political party. The farmers had fielded Chaduni as an Independent candidate from Ladwa constituency in 2019 Assembly elections however he might get just 1,307 votes. However, Chaduni has led many successful agitations not solely throughout the current BJP regime however throughout earlier Hooda government too. Among the many farmers, Chaduni is known as an “articulate, intelligent and courageous leader” who knows how to mobilise assist for a particular cause and tips on how to drive the authorities to listen to grievances of the agitators. In Haryana, to begin with, this faction of BKU had launched a sustained campaign in opposition to three controversial farm laws by holding a tractor march with 15,000 tractor-trolleys in July this year. Through the “Delhi Chalo” name too, the farmers led by these union leaders had broken police barricades despite stiff resistance by the cops on Ambala-Delhi national highway on November 25. It’s believed that this act had boosted morale of protesting farmers throughout Haryana and Punjab. Nonetheless, the police had booked agitating farmers, together with Chaduni, underneath criminal charges including try to murder with the police accusing them “for attempting to run over the policemen with speedy tractor-trolleys”. Presently, main leaders of BKU are camping at Delhi border however now its followers are mobilising others to join the agitation.
Khap panchayats
The khap panchayats are social bodies that are primarily active within the Jat dominated areas. Many khap leaders have political affiliations too. However now many of the khap panchayats have backed the farmers by sending tractor-trolleys to Delhi borders. Among the khap leaders who belong to BJP too have joined the farmers’ agitation like Tek Ram Kandela of Kandela khap from Jind district. Likewise, a woman khap leader Santosh Dahiya, who had contested 2019 Assembly election as JJP candidate from Ladwa constituency, has joined farmers at Delhi borders. She is even mobilising women in support of the agitators.
Jai Kisan Andolan
‘Jai Kisan Andolan’ is a movement launched by activist Yogendra Yadav, who belongs to Rewari district of Haryana. Yadav is a former leader of Aam Aadmi Party and had later fashioned a political outfit Swaraj India which is but to taste electoral success. It has a team of dedicated volunteers like Rajeev Godara who attempt to increase problems with farmers intelligently sometimes with supporting documents. Yadav himself has been visiting grain markets of Haryana to garner assist amongst farmers. Now, Yadav is actively collaborating within the present farmer agitation.
Haryana Kisan Sabha
Haryana Kisan Sabha is affiliated to Left oriented All India Kisan Sabha. It’s actively collaborating within the ongoing farmer agitation. A former employees’ leader Phool Singh Sheokand is president of Haryana Kisan Sabha. The Left parties have hardly any electoral appeal in Haryana. Nonetheless, Kisan Sabha has activists in many Haryana districts primarily in Jind, Hisar, Bhiwani and Rohtak.
Several factions of BKU
Aside from Chaduni-led BKU, there are a number of different factions of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU). Rattan Mann is main a faction of BKU in Haryana, whereas Chaudhary Joginder Ghasi Ram Nain is main one other faction of BKU right here. Joginder is son of well-known farmer leader of Haryana late Ghasi Ram Nain. A farmer leader from Charkhi Dadri Jagbir Ghasola can also be main a faction of BKU. There are different farmer organisations too in Haryana like Kisan Sanghrash Samiti of Fatehabad and Akhil Bhartiya Swaminathan Sanghrash Samiti of Sirsa. These factions at the moment are a part of the continued farmer agitation. It’s mentioned in Haryana that in case you are not a member of any kisan union, then just take a flag of BKU and just be part of the agitation of farmers.
Common man’s participation
The main support for the agitation, in the meantime, is coming from the “aam aadmi” in Haryana with a way amongst farmers that corporates will eat out their agricultural land sooner or later. This time, youth particularly from the farming community have participated within the agitation very enthusiastically. As many as 600 tractor-trolleys got here from Safidon and Pillu Khera area of Jind district to join a protest in Jind city on Monday. With out important presence of any farmer organisation in the space, the farmers started gathering near the Women Police Station of Jind. By 1 pm, there were around 5,000 protesters who had are available in around 1,000 vehicles. Additional, the political leaders aren’t being allowed to take mileage of the continued farmer agitation. Senior Congress Randeep Singh Surjewala was jeered at when he had gone to join a protest throughout Bharat Bandh on December 8. Mainstream political events too have their farmer wings, however their presence shouldn’t be seen within the agitation.
Source: A-N
