Trust deficit between farm unions once again comes to fore during Rail Roko stir
Bathinda Sharp differences among the farmer union leaders cropped up once again even as they worked together to make ‘rail roko’ a success across the state on Sunday. In their public addresses, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of several unions across the country, hit out at the ‘SKM, currently spearheading agitation at Shambhu and Khanauri borders, indicating that there was no scope for joining hands with them to fight for farmers’ demands. Leaders of Bharti Kisan Union said five unions who have come out in support of rail roko are getting no response from SKM leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha chief Sarwan Singh Pandher. BKU Ugrahan faction general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan said four other unions namely the Dhaner faction of BKU, Krantikari Kisan Union, BKU and BKU jointly blocked railway lines in 10 districts for four hours but are in no way joining the stir at the Haryana borders till their leaders come on a common platform. SKM, a front led mainly by the left-leaning leaders said it’s working hard to bring all unions on a common platform but isn’t getting any response from Dallewal and Pandher.
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