BS Mann recuses from SC-appointed panel on farm laws
BS Mann recuses from SC-appointed panel on farm laws Friday, January 15, 2021 IWK Bureau
Farmer leader Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four members on the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to talk with farmers on the three new central farm laws, has stepped down, the BKU said on Thursday.
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) tweeted a letter by Mann and said: Bhupinder Singh Mann, a former MP and BKU national President and All India Kisan Coordination Committee Chairman, has recused himself from the 4-member committee constituted by the Supreme Court.
Farm laws: Bhupinder Singh Mann receives threats from Canada after quitting SC panel
The Bhartiya Kisan Union also tweeted an unsigned text statement purportedly issued by Bhupinder Singh Mann.
Share
Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 06:59 PM IST
Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four experts who was nominated by the Supreme Court for negotiations with farmers, is allegedly receiving threats from Canada after recusing himself from the SC-appointed panel. Mann, who is the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), said on Thursday that he is recusing himself from the panel.
In a tweet, the Bhartiya Kisan Union said, Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex-MP and national president of BKU and chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee has recused himself from the four-member committee constituted by the Hon ble Supreme Court.
Will always stand with farmers : Bhupinder Mann recuses himself from SC-appointed panel Will always stand with farmers : Bhupinder Mann recuses himself from SC-appointed panel
Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann has recused himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel, saying he will always stand with the farmers.
advertisement
UPDATED: January 14, 2021 19:53 IST
Bhupinder Mann said he is thankful to the apex court for nominating him on the panel but would give up any position to prevent farmers’ interests from being compromised. (Photo: Rahul Gupta/India Today Digital)
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has claimed that former MP Bhupinder Singh Mann, who was one of the four members in the Supreme Court-appointed panel of farm laws, has recused himself from the role.
Farm Laws: Bhupinder Singh Mann Recuses Himself From SC Appointed Committee
The Bharatiya Kisan Union leader cited apprehensions amongst the farm unions and the public in general as the reason for excusing himself from the panel.
Bhupinder Singh Mann. Photo: Twitter
Rights14/Jan/2021
New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s efforts to end the stalemate between the protesting farmers and the Central government ran into a stumbling block, as one of the members of the committee it had appointed to hold talks recused himself on Thursday, citing ‘apprehensions amongst the farm unions and the public in general’.
Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four members appointed by the Supreme Court to the committee, offered to step down “so as to not compromise the interests of Punjab and farmers of the country”.
Farmer unions and opposition parties too had raised doubts over the composition of the panel, insisting that its members have been in favour of the three laws in the past. The panel is due to hold its first meeting on 19 January