In an article published in local media, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that if the Congress does not work to include and accommodate other parties that can defeat the BJP
The SKM, a conglomerate of over 30 farm unions, is on collision course with the Mann government as it has been feeling ‘left out’ lately, especially after the SKM (Non-Political), headed by BKU (Sidhupur) chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangarh Committee president Sarwan Singh Pandher, hogging all the limelight
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann says be it the issue of rural development fund (RDF) or recent deportation of illegal immigrants from the US, the Centre doesn’t leave any opportunity to target Punjab.
The protesting farmers’ unions said that these mahapanchayats were being organised to mark one year of ‘Kisan Andolan 2.0’ which started on Feb 13 last year.