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22 farmer unions form political front, to contest Punjab Assembly polls

-The Hindu

Samyukt Kisan Morcha says it will not fight the elections.

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections due early in 2022, 22 of the 32 Punjab-based farmer unions that were at the forefront of the agitation against the now repealed farm laws announced on Saturday that they would contest the election under the banner of ‘Samyukt Samaj Morcha’ even as the the umbrella body Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) that spearheaded the protests asserted that they would not be contesting the polls.

Several unions, which had joined hands in protesting against the three laws, came out with divergent decisions on contesting the poll.

The new political front, which announced it would contest all 117 Assembly seats, is being anchored by Balbir Singh Rajewal of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU (Rajewal)). Harmeet Singh of the BKU (Kadiyan) said that after coming back from the Delhi borders, people in Punjab are pinning high hopes on farmers to resolve long-pending issues that have plagued the State. “To fulfil the aspirations of the people, 22 unions have decided to jointly contest the elections,” he said.

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