Away from Morcha, union accused of ‘plotting’ with govt a part of stir since Sept

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organisation of farmer unions protesting towards the farm legal guidelines on Delhi borders, has accused the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) of being a part of a authorities conspiracy to discredit the motion. At the identical time, the Delhi Police has booked KMSC founder-president Satnam Singh Pannu, together with farm leaders of the Morcha, underneath sections of rioting, legal conspiracy, try to homicide and theft.
Formed in 2017, with a considerable presence in each the Majha and Malwa areas of Punjab, the KMSC has in truth been on the forefront of the protests towards the three new farm Bills — whereas refusing, at each step, to toe the Morcha’s line.
On Tuesday, the KMSC pressed forward with its demand to take out a tractor parade on Outer Ring Road, which was not the route agreed upon by the Morcha leaders with the Delhi Police. Many amongst their supporters then broke away and had been a part of the protesters who entered the Red Fort.
Pannu stated they adopted the Morcha’s calls “most of the time” at Delhi borders, besides on following the route determined by the Delhi Police for the January 26 parade. “The people had earlier been told about the Outer Ring Road route and, hence, wanted to go on that road. We listened to public sentiment. If any union has spoken against us, we are ready to debate with them and answer each and every thing. We are protesting for a cause and all allegations against us are baseless. We will talk with all the union leaders and keep coordinating with the Morcha. I am not going to say anything against them,” Pannu stated.
The KMSC has its personal stage on the Singhu-Kundli border protest web site, separate from the Morcha’s. The Morcha’s 32 farmer unions are protesting each at Singhu and Tikri borders, whereas the BKU (Ugrahan) has a presence on the Tikri border close to Bahadurgarh, Haryana. The KMSC and BKU (Ugrahan) have usually coordinated for joint press conferences on the protest websites, and addressed farmers from one another’s levels.
Even in Punjab, the KMSC had been protesting towards the Bills by itself. In September, it issued a name to dam bridges, happening to halt the Harrike bridge connecting Majha and Malwa, the Beas bridge on the Amritsar-Delhi freeway and the Hargobindpur bridge in Gurdaspur for practically a fortnight. The different farm unions didn’t be part of this protest, and after they in flip referred to as three ‘Lalkar’ rallies, the KMSC stayed away.
Later, the KMSC held its personal rail roko, separate from the opposite farm unions, in September-October. Its Amritsar-Ferozepur blockade on a number of rail tracks beginning September 24 was supported by the BKU (Ugrahan) for 2 days. When Chief Minister Amarinder Singh held conferences with farm unions in October and November, interesting to them to carry the rail roko, the KMSC didn’t be part of.
In truth, the KMSC continued its rail roko on the Jandiala Guru Railway Station in Amritsar lengthy after the Morcha and BKU (Ugrahan) ended theirs, saying they might enable solely freight trains however not passenger trains until the farm legal guidelines had been repealed. The KMSC dharna close to the parking space of the railway station, in truth, continues to be on, with Pannu threatening to return to the tracks if another prepare apart from freight is allowed. As a end result, a majority of the passenger trains nonetheless haven’t resumed in Punjab.
When the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee gave a Delhi Chalo name on November 26-27, the KMSC once more stayed away. Instead, it began from Punjab in a convoy of 1,500 autos on December 11, and began its dharna at Singhu-Kundli two days later.
The KMSC additionally stayed away from the preliminary rounds of talks of farmer unions with the Centre, on October 13 and November 13, in addition to the primary 5 conferences after the protests started at Delhi borders, saying these wouldn’t yield any outcomes. It has been current although on the final six conferences with the Union ministers.
KMSC common secretary Sarwar Pandher stated that in blaming them for the Red Fort incident, BKU (Rajewal) president Balbir Singh Rajewal is hurting the motion. “We always corrected him at meetings and not in public,” Pandher stated, including that the KMSC would nonetheless not assault him.