“We are actively working in this direction and approaching various agricultural associations to form a party of farmers and expand the platform to contest elections.
This issue is already being discussed among the agriculture groups and we are trying to take good representatives of other sections and professions to make all the stakeholders a kisan party and bring about qualitative political change in Punjab, Jaswinder Singh Sangh said. General Secretary of Jalandhar Potato Growers Association, among the influential group of farmers of the region.
He said that they are also working to include Mission Punjab started by BKU leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni to form a stronger force. He said, “We are talking to unions that are part of the United Kisan Morcha (SKM), other agricultural groups and trade unions as people are already disenchanted with other established political parties and there is a strong undercurrent for qualitative change. Is.”
“The general perception among farm groups and farmers is that farmers should expand their platform and contest elections on their own instead of forming an alliance with any existing political party,” the union said.
The agrarian movement has already increased political liquidity in the state and if farm groups jump into the fray by creating a common platform, it will further complicate the situation and change all electoral math. Other parties – the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the AAP – are likely to be affected, while the BJP is already confined to urban areas, with few exceptions.
Traditionally, the Congress and the SAD have dominated the political landscape of Punjab, and later formed an alliance with the BJP, its earlier incarnation, the Jan Sangh, until 1980, and then with the BSP. However, as disenchantment with the key players grew, it proved beneficial for AAP in the 2014 elections despite the party’s lack of infrastructure. However, the party failed to subtly manage the affairs of the party as its central leadership through its observers from Delhi, and could get just 20 seats in the 2017 assembly election, its vote share even in the SAD-BJP alliance. Despite the retreat of K, it fell slightly. in third place. In 2019, the AAP also lost bail in most seats, but after the crisis broke out in the Congress in April, it began to gain ground.
Eminent sources revealed that the AAP had even sent emissaries to a senior agriculture leader to join hands. The Sangh, however, said that most agricultural groups would not want to join or form an alliance with any party.
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