The national spokesperson of the influential north Indian farmers' union claimed the over-a-year-long protest at Delhi's borders was withdrawn on the basis of a letter of promises by the government on December 9 but those remain unfulfilled.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has denied the reports of the union extending support to any political party in the run-up to the assembly elections in five states.
Talking to TOI on Friday, Charuni said, “I will not contest the elections from Punjab but will field candidates for these polls from our party. We are going to launch our political party in Chandigarh on Saturday.”
Some factions including the BKU Ugrahan are clearly opposed to electoral politics. But Gurnam Singh Chaduni of the BKU Chaduni group from Haryana has already announced that the group will fight the election in Punjab.