Farmer leader Gurnam Chaduni launches political party, to contest Punjab polls

Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Saturday floated his political party Sanyukt Sangharsh Party and said it will contest the next year Punjab assembly polls.

Chaduni is a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions that led an over a year-long farmers' agitation against three central agri laws, which have been repealed.

"We are launching the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party," he said while addressing the media here.

The party will contest the Punjab assembly polls, which are due early next year, Chaduni said.