Punjab Election 2022: 22 farmers union launch 'Samyukta Samaj Morcha', to contest all 117 seats
The farmers' political front in Punjab would be led by Balbir Singh Rajewal, who may be portrayed as the chief minister's face by the new political front.
FollowFarmer unions that led the year-long campaign against the Centre's three problematic agricultural policies have declared their political entry. Nearly 22 similar organisations have come together to form the Samyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), which would fight the 2022 Punjab assembly election from all 117 assembly seats.
The farmers' political front in Punjab would be led by Balbir Singh Rajewal, who may be portrayed as the chief minister's face by the new political front. While making the announcement, BS Rajewal stated that a new 'Samyukta Samaj Morcha' has been founded to fight Punjab Assembly elections and that 22 unions have agreed to this. He said they need to alter the system and appeal to the public to support this morcha.
He went on to say that these 22 farm groups were among 32 farmer organisations in Punjab that took part in the year-long protest against the three Central agricultural regulations.
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Meanwhile, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced that it would not run in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections. According to the founders, the SKM, which is a forum for more than 400 diverse ideological organisations around the country, was founded only to address agricultural difficulties.
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Punjab, other four other states, including Uttar Pradesh will conduct elections in February-March. Both states have sizable farmer populations, and their votes are viewed as crucial in determining whether the Congress (in power in Punjab) and the BJP (in power in Uttar Pradesh) stay or depart. The farm laws, which were approved in September of last year, sparked worldwide outrage. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said last month, only three months before the UP and Punjab elections, that the three laws will be repealed.
