Joginder Singh Ugrahan an ex-army man, communist leader and farm union leader, was born in 1945 in Sunam, Punjab. He is president of farm union ''

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. ...

(Ekta Ugrahan)'' and one of the most popular farm leaders in the country. He founded ''Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) in 2002''.

Early life

Ugrahan was born on 1945 in

Sunam Sunam Udham Singh Wala is a town and a tehsil, near city of Sangrur in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city of Sunam Udham Singh Wala, which falls in Sunam Udham Singh Wala tehsil, was previously known only as Sunam. The ...

town of Sangrur, Punjab. He joined army in 1975 and later on he had to resign from army due to some family problems and started working in the fields after that. While working in fields, he realised that the corporations and government exploits farmers and labourers in rural areas, so, he decided to engage in protests and activities organised by farmer unions. In March 2021, Ugrahan was isolated following a positive COVID-19 test.

Activism

Ugrahan participated as one of 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 ...

. He leads Bharatiya Kisan Union's Ekta Ugrahan faction which had the largest contingent of farmers protesting at the borders of Delhi. He is known as most uncompromising farm leader and defender of farmers and arguably most influential organisations in Malwa region of Punjab.

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