Gurnam Singh Charuni (also spelt Gurnam Singh Chaduni;
born 1959) is a farm union leader and politician in the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab.
He is the chief of the
Bharatiya Kisan Union
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (English: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in India. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its Punjab branch. ...
(BKU) in
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
,
and the founder of Sanyukt Sangharsh Party.
Early life
Gurnam Singh was born in Charuni Jattan village in Shahbad,
Kurukshetra district
Kurukshetra district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The town of Kurukshetra, a sacred place for the Hindus, is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 1530.00 km² ...
, Haryana in 1959.
As per customs, he uses his village name.
He has six siblings, and started helping his family with farming on failing his tenth standard.
Activism
In 2008 he successfully led a campaign for the farm loan waiver. In 2019 he protested with other farmers demanding the government purchase their sunflower crop.
He participated as one of the leaders in the
2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions ...
.
Politics
In past, Chaduni had contested Haryana State Legislative assembly elections from the
Ladwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Ladwa Assembly constituency in Kurukshetra district is one of the 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Haryana state in northern India.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
External links
Chief Election Officer, Haryana
See also
* Haryana Legi ...
. He finished on seventh place and lost his security deposit. In October 2021, it was reported that he was planning to contest in Punjab elections.
Sanyukt Sangharsh Party
In 2020, after the Passing of
three farm laws by
Parliament of India
The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...
there was a huge
protest
A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one.
Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
against it. Gurnam Singh Charuni was one of the leaders of the
Samyukta Kisan Morcha. He was of the view that the farmers organisation must contest election to fulfill the demands of the farmers.
Agitating farmer unions should contest election.
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Gurnam Singh Chaduni launched his political party called Sanyukt Sangharsh Party on 18 December 2021. Party plans to contest in all 117 Punjab Legislative Assembly
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directl ...
seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
The Aam Aadmi P ...
.
References
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Indian farmers
20th-century farmers
21st-century farmers
Farmers' rights activists
Living people
Indian politicians
1959 births
Leaders of 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest
People from Kurukshetra district