Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 8 (ANI): Be it farmers' movement against the Centre to repeal the farm laws or the Punjab Assembly elections, the farmers like their tractor identity. Gurpreet Kotli, Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) candidate from the Giddarbaha Assembly constituency, campaigned for the upcoming Punjab Assembly election on his tractor on Tuesday.

Chandigarh Jan 30 PTI Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leader Prem Singh Bhangu on Sunday said his partys candidates for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls will file their nomination papers on Monday His statement came after the SSM a political outfit of farmers could not get itself registered with the Election Commission of India as a political party and also failed to get a common symbol for their party candidates Our candidates will file their nomination papers on Monday said Bhangu Another party leader said they have demanded a common symbol for all the candidates but it is yet to be seen whether they get it Notably the nomination papers can be filed till February 1 Punjabs various farmer bodies which had taken part in the stir against the Centres now-repealed three farm laws and had launched their political front are contesting the state assembly polls in alliance with the Haryana BKU Chaduni leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh Party Chadunis party is fighting on 10 seats while the SSM will contest on the rest of the 107 seats of the 117-member Punjab assembly The SSM leader said they are yet to get any response from the ECI on registration to their outfit Bhangu said whatever objections the ECI had raised in the application form for the registration of the SSM as a political party had been rectified and the form had been resubmitted The ECI had raised some objections related to the Income Tax returns and the address proof of the SSM in the application form for the registration of the outfit as a political party The SSM had also sought tractor or tractor-trolley as its poll symbol from the ECI The SSM has already declared 112 candidates for fighting the next months assembly elections Voting for the Punjab assembly polls will be held on February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10 PTI CHS VSD RAX RAX

New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday refused to comment on the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM fielding Lakha Sidhana an accused in the Republic Day violence at Red Fort last year in the upcoming Punjab assembly electionsCongress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the real issue is what the government has done for the welfare of farmers and why Ajay Mishra Teni continues to be the Union minister even though his son is the prime accused in the case of mowing down of farmers Lakhimpur Kheri Uttar PradeshI dont think the issue is about who is fielding whom It is about what is this government doing for farmers We are six days short of February 2022 when farmers income was supposed to be doubled The reality is that the average farmer in India is earning an average of Rs 27 per day What is the government doing about it Shrinate told reportersWe are living in a regime where Ajay Mishra Teni continues to be the Union minister while his son is the main accused she addedShe also cited Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Maliks recent claims against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the farmers issuesWhen Malik met Modi he told him that 500 farmers have died but the prime minister asked whether they had died for him she saidThe Congress leader asked why the government has increased the cost of agriculture by Rs 25000 per hectare by inflating the cost of diesel pesticides and fertilisers She also highlighted the death of a farmer in Uttar Pradeshs Lalitpur while waiting for his turn at fertiliser shop for two daysThese are the questions that one needs to raise and I think the foremost question is how Ajay Mishra Teni still a minister she askedSSM is a political front launched by 22 farmers unions to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab It fielded gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana from the Maur assembly constituency in its list of 34 candidates released on Sunday PTI SKC RHL RHL

Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], January 20 (ANI): Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), a political front of farmer unions, announced 17 more candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections on Wednesday.

Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], January 16 (ANI): After Samyukt Samaj Morcha failed to release its second list of candidates for Punjab assembly polls on Sunday, Doaba Kisaan Commitee, Punjab President Jagveer Singh Chauhan said that party has received around 1,200-1,300 applications to contest elections and hence choosing candidates is taking time.