LUCKNOW: Months after being part of a raging farmers' protest against the new farm laws, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Sunday was hit by rebellion when a group of senior functionaries detached itself from the union and formed a separate outfit -- BKU (non-political).
The decision was taken at a function organised in Lucknow on the death anniversary of farmer leader Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait. The new group has been formed under the leadership of Rajesh Singh Chauhan, who was unanimously elected as the outfit's national president. He was the national vice-president of the parent BKU.
