One BKU faction supports farm laws, others agitate
Tue, Dec 15 2020 10:13:53 PM
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which has been at the forefront of the farmers agitation against the government, seems to have suffered a split on Tuesday with its Kisan faction s national and regional post holders from Uttar Pradesh going ahead and meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to give its thumbs up to the contentious farm laws.
The leaders of the BKU who attended Tuesday s meeting at Krishi Bhawan are from the Kisan faction, who not only announced to suspend their agitation but also told the Union minister that they support the farm laws and are with the government.