Haryana Polls: Gurnam Singh Charuni, who led protests against 3 farm laws, loses his deposit
Vote counting for the Haryana Assembly elections is in progress. Contrary to all exit polls, BJP is on track to win a majority and lead the state government for the third consecutive term.
Gurnam Singh Charuni, a farmer leader who spearheaded the protests against the 3 farm laws, also ran for election from the Pehowa seat. However, Charuni, of Sanyukt Sangharsh Party, got a rude shock as he could muster only 1170 votes from the constituency and lost his deposit.
Mandeep Chatha of Congress won the seat securing 64548 votes, while BJP’s Jai Bhagwan Sharma got 57995 votes.
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Charuni is Bharatiya Kisan Union chief in Haryana
Charuni is also the chief of Bharatiya Kisan Union in Haryana. He was one of the leaders of the farmers’ protest of 2020-21 when Delhi was blocked by farmers to protest against three farm laws passed by the Indian parliament.
Who is Gurnam Singh Charuni
Gurnam Singh Charuni is a farm union leader and politician in the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab. He is the chief of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Haryana, and the founder of Sanyukt Sangharsh Party.
In 2008, he effectively spearheaded a campaign for the forgiveness of farm loans. In 2019, he joined fellow farmers in a protest, urging the government to buy their sunflower harvest.
After the introduction of three farm laws by the Indian Parliament in 2020, there was a widespread protest against them. One of the leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha was Gurnam Singh Charuni. His belief was that the farmers’ organization should participate in elections to meet the farmers’ demands.
