Big hint from Rakesh Tikait? Farmer leader says need for a movement against privatisation
3 years ago

Big hint from Rakesh Tikait? Farmer leader says need for a movement against privatisation

India TV News  

Highlights Rakesh Tikait calls for an agitation against privatisation of banks Tikait took to Twitte and said a bill will be tabled in Parliament on Dec 6 There is a need for a common movement across the country against privatisation, he tweeted Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday gave a hint that his next move could be launching a movement against the privatisation of public sector banks. The farmer leader today said that a bill regarding this is set to be tabled in the Parliament on December 6 during the winter session. Taking to Twitter, Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said, "We had warned at the beginning of the movement that the next number would be of banks. ALSO READ | Need state-wise compensation for farmers who died in protests, says Rakesh Tikait

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Farmers' protest to gain momentum with Rakesh Tikait's support
1 week, 6 days ago

Farmers' protest to gain momentum with Rakesh Tikait's support

India Today  

The farmers’ protest at the Punjab-Haryana border is set to intensify, with the Bharatiya Kisan Union and other major farmer organisations stepping in to back the agitation. Rakesh Tikait, the BKU’s national spokesperson, has announced plans to visit the Khanauri border on Friday to meet Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a key farmer leader spearheading the protest. “When the central government passed …

Stir will go on, say west U.P. farmers at mahapanchayat
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Stir will go on, say west U.P. farmers at mahapanchayat

The Hindu  

Farmer leaders, mainly from western Uttar Pradesh, who have been leading a protest since Monday over several demands, including higher compensation for the land acquired by the State government, on Wednesday decided to continue their stir. The police said all the arrested farmers, including Bhartiya Kisan Parishad chief Sukhbir Khalifa and west U.P. Meanwhile, Aligarh SP Amrit Jain said the …

Farmers' protest enters Day 5, next round of talks with Centre tomorrow
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers' protest enters Day 5, next round of talks with Centre tomorrow

India Today  

Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, resumed their protest on the fifth day since they kicked off their 'Delhi Chalo' march on Tuesday over a legal guarantee for minimum support price. FOLLOW HERE FOR FARMERS' PROTEST LIVE BLOG FOR UPDATES FARMERS' PROTEST: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS SO FAR The government representatives will meet farmer leaders on Sunday for a fourth round of …

Farmers protest: Farmers set to block trains under 'Rail roko' campaign in Punjab
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers protest: Farmers set to block trains under 'Rail roko' campaign in Punjab

Op India  

As the farmers’ protests enter the third day, the Bharatiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan is planning to block trains in Punjab today. When asked about Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s announcement of ‘Bharat Bandh’ on February 16, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said, “PM Modi is continuously working towards helping the farmers and improving their situations. Speaking about the scheduled meeting with …

What Rakesh Tikait said on farmers' Delhi Chalo protest 2.0
10 months, 1 week ago

What Rakesh Tikait said on farmers' Delhi Chalo protest 2.0

Hindustan Times  

Farmers protest 2024 in which over 200 farmer unions will be marching to Delhi on Tuesday has been called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha. Rakesh Tikait's Bharatiya Kisan Union is not part of Farmers' Delhi Chalo protest 2024 though BKU will observe Bharat Bandh on Feruary 16. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait is also sitting this …

Farmers Begin 75-Hour Protest in Lakhimpur Kheri Demanding Sacking of MoS Ajay Mishra
2 years, 4 months ago

Farmers Begin 75-Hour Protest in Lakhimpur Kheri Demanding Sacking of MoS Ajay Mishra

News 18  

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, who led the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws by the Central government, has begun a 75-hour Dharna along with other farmers’ organisations from Thursday. They are demanding the sacking of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni and releasing four farmers who were put in jail in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence last …

SKM rejects govt's MSP panel, says 'so-called farmer leaders' who backed three farm laws in panel
2 years, 5 months ago

SKM rejects govt's MSP panel, says 'so-called farmer leaders' who backed three farm laws in panel

Firstpost  

Senior SKM member Darshan Pal alleged the Centre’s committee looks ‘bogus’ as it does not talk about ensuring the legal rights of farmers. New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions, on Tuesday rejected the government’s committee on minimum support price, saying “so-called farmer leaders” who supported the now-repealed farm laws are its members. Senior SKM …

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait backs TRS in fight against BJP over paddy issue
2 years, 8 months ago

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait backs TRS in fight against BJP over paddy issue

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday extended support to the TRS government in its fight against the Centre over farmer issues, and joined the dharna along with Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao in Delhi at Telangana Bhavan. Tikait was among the farmer leaders whose 13-month-long protests led to the withdrawal of the four controversial farm laws by …

Rakesh Tikait stands against Centre's paddy procurement policy, calls for 'another farmers protest'
2 years, 8 months ago

Rakesh Tikait stands against Centre's paddy procurement policy, calls for 'another farmers protest'

India TV News  

Highlights Rakesh Tikait lent support to the protest against the Centre's paddy procurement policy. As some Telangana leaders held a protest against Centre's paddy procurement policy in the national capital on Monday, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait joined them and called for 'another farmers' protest'. Tikait also added that the farmer umbrella body Samyukt Kisan Morcha will back every …

Interview | We are movement people, not political ones: Rakesh Tikait on BJP’s win in UP despite farmers’ agitation
2 years, 9 months ago

Interview | We are movement people, not political ones: Rakesh Tikait on BJP’s win in UP despite farmers’ agitation

Firstpost  

‘We never asked anyone to vote in a particular way, not even in our own households. One of the campaigns of the farmers’ movement was to defeat the incumbent BJP government in Uttar Pradesh. We are movement people, not political ones.” He continued, “We never asked anyone to vote in a particular way, not even in our own households. The …

Why farmers at Rakesh Tikait's citadel not satisfied after withdrawal of agitation | Ground report
3 years ago

Why farmers at Rakesh Tikait's citadel not satisfied after withdrawal of agitation | Ground report

India Today  

After the year-long agitation at the borders of Delhi ending in the Centre repealing the three controversial farm laws, farmer leaders have returned to their villages. In western Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, considered as the bastion of farmer leader and Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, farmers are not satisfied with the outcome of the agitation. India Today TV visited …

Farmers\' stir: Government agrees to all demands, protest may end
3 years ago

Farmers\' stir: Government agrees to all demands, protest may end

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With the Central government on Tuesday agreeing to most of the demands of the agitating farmers, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha — which is spearheading the ongoing protest — is likely to call off the year-long agitation. In a meeting held at Delhi’s Singhu border Tuesday, SKM leaders expressed satisfaction over the initiative of the Central government to resolve …

Rakesh Tikait shares space with Khalistani sympathizers Mo Dhaliwal and Pieter Friedrich in an international webinar aimed at ‘continuing the protests’
3 years ago

Rakesh Tikait shares space with Khalistani sympathizers Mo Dhaliwal and Pieter Friedrich in an international webinar aimed at ‘continuing the protests’

Op India  

An organization named ‘Kaur Farmers’ organized a webinar on November 22 to discuss the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on repealing the three Agriculture Laws. In the online meeting, Bharatiya Kisan Union’s leader Rakesh Tikait, Khalistani sympathizer Mo Dhaliwal and associate of ISI operative Pieter Friedrich were some of the speakers. ‘Farmer commits suicide as they do not …

Farmers protest: SKM crucial meet tomorrow, crowd begins to thin at Delhi's Singhu border
3 years ago

Farmers protest: SKM crucial meet tomorrow, crowd begins to thin at Delhi's Singhu border

India TV News  

Highlights SKM on Saturday formed a five-member panel for dialogue with government on their pending demands Crucial SKM meet tomorrow to decide the future course of movement Ahead of the next meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on December 7, the protesting farmers at the Singhu border started preparations to return to their homes in Punjab. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha …

Farmers Should End Protests and Go Home Now as Farm Laws Repealed: Agri Minister
3 years ago

Farmers Should End Protests and Go Home Now as Farm Laws Repealed: Agri Minister

News 18  

Even as the stalemate continues between the government and farmers who have raised demands including a legal guarantee on the Minimum Support Price, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday asked the protesters to end the stir and return to their homes. Talking to reporters here, Tomar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already withdrawn the three farm laws- …

Farmers won't budge from protest sites in Delhi until cases are withdrawn: SKM
3 years ago

Farmers won't budge from protest sites in Delhi until cases are withdrawn: SKM

Hindustan Times  

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Saturday announced farmers protesting against the three farm laws, which have now been repealed, will not move from the demonstration sites at the borders of Delhi until the Centre withdraws cases registered against them during the course of their agitation. Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses media after farmers' meeting at Singhu border in …

Bring MSP law, public will bless you in polls: Rakesh Tikait to Centre | Agenda Aaj Tak
3 years ago

Bring MSP law, public will bless you in polls: Rakesh Tikait to Centre | Agenda Aaj Tak

India Today  

Speaking at Agenda Aaj Tak in New Delhi on Friday, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait asked the BJP to bring MSP law if they want the public's blessings in coming elections. They don’t want farmers to get MSP for the benefits of big traders. Q: THEY SAY MSP WILL BENEFIT ONLY 6% OF FARMERS Today, a farmer is unable …

President approves Farm Laws Repeal Bill, notification issued
3 years ago

President approves Farm Laws Repeal Bill, notification issued

India TV News  

Highlights First, Lok Sabha and then the Rajya Sabha passed The Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 by voice vote Farmers have been protesting against the 3 farm laws for a year Farmer Unions have still not called off their protest as several demands are still pending President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday signed a bill to cancel three farm laws …

Farm laws protest will end only after govt gives written assurance on pending demands: Farmers
3 years ago

Farm laws protest will end only after govt gives written assurance on pending demands: Farmers

India TV News  

Highlights Centre asked five names from SKM for committee on MSP, other pending demands SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, has been spearheading the farmers' movement SKM to hold next crucial meeting to decide future course on December 4 Agitating farmers on Wednesday in a press conference said that they will end their protest only after the …

No data on farmers' death during protests, so no compensation: Govt in Parliament
3 years ago

No data on farmers' death during protests, so no compensation: Govt in Parliament

India TV News  

The government on Tuesday said it has "no record" on the number of farmers who died during the year-long agitation demanding repeal of the three farm laws and hence there was no question of providing financial assistance to anyone. "The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare has no record in the matter and hence the question does not arise," Union …

Farmers asked to name MSP panel members
3 years ago

Farmers asked to name MSP panel members

The Hindu  

Moving forward on the Prime Minister’s promise to set up a committee to discuss minimum support prices for crops among other issues, the Centre has informally asked protesting farm unions to suggest five names to be part of the panel. On November 19, the Prime Minister said a committee would be formed “to promote zero budgeting based agriculture, to change …

Centre must introduce law to guarantee MSP for farmers: Rakesh Tikait
3 years ago

Centre must introduce law to guarantee MSP for farmers: Rakesh Tikait

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party led Central Government must bring a legislation to guarantee a Minimum Support Price for crops to protect the interests of farmers in the country, said Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday. Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had advocated the MSP while he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Tikait said that Mr. Modi …

Will go to voters of UP with 'defeat BJP' slogans, hope govt resolves MSP issue: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 1 month ago

Will go to voters of UP with 'defeat BJP' slogans, hope govt resolves MSP issue: Rakesh Tikait

India Today  

Minimum Support Price for crops was always our issue, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Thursday. He further appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that MSP was always the issue of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the union of nearly 40 farmers' outfits spearheading the agitation against the Centre's three farm laws. BKU's Rakesh Tikait, other SKM leaders at …

Govt should hold talks on MSP, other demands, or we won't go home: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 1 month ago

Govt should hold talks on MSP, other demands, or we won't go home: Rakesh Tikait

India TV News  

Highlights Tikait was in Lucknow to attend 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' organised by the SKM Tikait alleged that the Centre tried to divide farmers on the issue of farms laws PM Modi on Friday announced the repealing of farm laws against which farmers have been protesting Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said the farmers' agitation will continue till the …

Farm laws repealed: Modi's decision 'seems to be right', says RSS-affiliated farmers' body
3 years, 1 month ago

Farm laws repealed: Modi's decision 'seems to be right', says RSS-affiliated farmers' body

India TV News  

RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to repeal the three farm laws "seems to be right" to avoid "unwarranted controversies and conflicts". Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the ongoing anti-farm laws protest will be withdrawn only after the three contentious legislation are repealed in Parliament and legal guarantee on minimum support price …

Farmers' protest will stop only after farm laws are repealed in Parliament, says Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 1 month ago

Farmers' protest will stop only after farm laws are repealed in Parliament, says Rakesh Tikait

Firstpost  

He also stressed that the government should talk to farmers over the issue of minimum support price of crops and other matters Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to withdraw the three farm bills as a ‘beginning’, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the ongoing anti-farm laws protest will be withdrawn only after the contentious legislations are repealed in …

Farm Laws Repeal: BKU's Rakesh Tikait Refuses to Call Off Protests Despite PM's Announcement on Rollback
3 years, 1 month ago

Farm Laws Repeal: BKU's Rakesh Tikait Refuses to Call Off Protests Despite PM's Announcement on Rollback

News 18  

Rakesh Tikait, the leader of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, on Friday said his outfit will not withdraw the farmers’ protest immediately but will instead wait for the controversial farm laws to be repealed in Parliament as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day. In an address to the nation, PM Modi said the three laws were passed …

Protest will end when farm laws repealed in Parliament, says Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 1 month ago

Protest will end when farm laws repealed in Parliament, says Rakesh Tikait

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi announces to repeal three farm laws. The BKU national spokesperson said this on Twitter soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced repealing the three farm laws, which were at the centre of the farmers' protest since November 26 last year. Addressing the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, the prime minister said the three farm …

Opinion | Reasons why the farmers’ agitation has now become weak
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion | Reasons why the farmers’ agitation has now become weak

India TV News  

After a gap of 11 months, Delhi Police on Friday removed barricades, barbed wires and concrete boulders put on the capital’s borders at Tikri and Ghazipur border points, in order to ensure smooth flow of traffic on national highways. On Rakesh Tikait’s threat about entering Delhi and sell paddy outside Parliament, Rakesh Asthana said, “if a law and order situation …

Won't talk if Centre imposes conditions, MSP exists only on paper: Rakesh Tikait at India Today Conclave 2021
3 years, 2 months ago

Won't talk if Centre imposes conditions, MSP exists only on paper: Rakesh Tikait at India Today Conclave 2021

India Today  

Speaking at the India Today Conclave 2021, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said farmers will not hold talks with the government if "conditions" are imposed on the talks. WATCH COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE 2021 Bharatiya Kisan Union, the outfit led by Rakesh Tikait, is one of the 40 odd farmers' outfits part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha - …

'A slap on face of detractors': Bharat Bandh a success, claims Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 2 months ago

'A slap on face of detractors': Bharat Bandh a success, claims Rakesh Tikait

India Today  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait claimed Monday's Bharat Bandh was a "success" and a "slap on the face of people" who said the protests were limited to only three states. Speaking after the culmination of the 10-hour nationwide protest at 4 pm, Rakesh Tikait said, "The Bharat Bandh called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha was a success. Rakesh Tikait said …

Amid record rain, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait sits in protest on waterlogged street | See pics
3 years, 3 months ago

Amid record rain, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait sits in protest on waterlogged street | See pics

India Today  

Heavy rain brought life to a standstill in Delhi-NCR on Saturday. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait was seen sitting on a waterlogged road at the Ghazipur site of the farmers’ agitation. On Saturday, as the capital was at the receiving end of a record downpour, BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, along with a few supporters, stayed put on a …

Centre killing farmers slowly through agri laws, agitation will continue: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 3 months ago

Centre killing farmers slowly through agri laws, agitation will continue: Rakesh Tikait

India TV News  

Asserting that the farmers' agitation against the three new farm laws will continue until the Central government fulfills their demands, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that the new agricultural laws are stifling the farmers slowly unlike COVID which will take life at a one go. Pandemic will kill you in one go but the laws of …

Will discuss strategies to continue stir: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait in UP
3 years, 3 months ago

Will discuss strategies to continue stir: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait in UP

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said the farmers' groups would discuss strategies on continuing the agitation against the three contentious farm laws at the Kisan Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar. Thousands of farmers and union leaders gather at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh for the Kisan Mahapanchayat in protest against Centre's controversial farm laws on Sunday. SKM leaders said Sunday's …

India for sale, this is govt's policy: Rakesh Tikait at Kisan Mahapanchayat
3 years, 3 months ago

India for sale, this is govt's policy: Rakesh Tikait at Kisan Mahapanchayat

India Today  

Thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states showed up in strength in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha sounded the call for a Kisan Mahapanchayat to protest against the Centre’s three farm laws. “India is for sale, this is the government’s policy,” said Bharatiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait while addressing the mahapanchayat. BKU media …

Nationwide agitation planned by RSS-affiliated farm union
3 years, 4 months ago

Nationwide agitation planned by RSS-affiliated farm union

The Hindu  

Farmers affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will stage a nationwide agitation on September 8 to demand guaranteed remunerative prices for their produce. On Thursday, leaders of the RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh said the Centre should either bring in a law to ensure that minimum support prices are actually paid to farmers or amend …

Rakesh Tikait says farmers will oust BJP govt if it doesn't repeal new farm laws
3 years, 4 months ago

Rakesh Tikait says farmers will oust BJP govt if it doesn't repeal new farm laws

India TV News  

Farmers will oust the BJP government if it does not repeal the contentious agricultural laws and enacts a legislation guaranteeing minimum support price for crops, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said on Monday. Tikait, the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, made the remarks as he held a meeting with the BKU's office-bearers from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Himachal …

Lucknow belongs to farmers, not property of anyone's father: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 4 months ago

Lucknow belongs to farmers, not property of anyone's father: Rakesh Tikait

India Today  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has said that the public would "teach the government a lesson" in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election if it did not take back the farm laws. Rakesh Tikait was speaking at a mahapanchayat at Jewar at Greater Noida. Rakesh Tikait said the farmers would not return home till the government withdrew the farm laws. …

It's not BJP's govt, Centre run by companies: Rakesh Tikait at Panchayat Aaj Tak
3 years, 4 months ago

It's not BJP's govt, Centre run by companies: Rakesh Tikait at Panchayat Aaj Tak

India Today  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait Friday said that the Centre is not run by the Bharatiya Janata Party, but by companies. "It's not a government of the BJP, it's a government of companies," Tikait said. "The farmer movement is of farmers and it's not a political movement," said Tikait in an exclusive conversation at Panchayat Aaj Tak. On questions …

He is welcome in Lucknow but...: Yogi Adityanath on Rakesh Tikait's warning of Delhi-like farm stir
3 years, 4 months ago

He is welcome in Lucknow but...: Yogi Adityanath on Rakesh Tikait's warning of Delhi-like farm stir

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said farm leader Rakesh Tikait will be welcomed if and when he comes to Lucknow, adding that if someone does not follow the rules, they shall be welcomed "accordingly". Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, who has become the face of the farmers' protest against the Centre's three farm laws, was in Lucknow last …

Rakesh Tikait: 200 farmers to protest outside Parliament during monsoon session
3 years, 5 months ago

Rakesh Tikait: 200 farmers to protest outside Parliament during monsoon session

India Today  

The Bharatiya Kisan Union has said that 200 farmers would protest outside Parliament during the monsoon session demanding repeal of the three contentious farm laws. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the farmers would hold demonstrations from July 22 and a meeting to finalise the strategy would be held on Wednesday. "Farmers and leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar …

200 farmers will protest near Parliament from July 22: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 5 months ago

200 farmers will protest near Parliament from July 22: Rakesh Tikait

India TV News  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday informed that from July 22 onwards, 200 people will hold protests near Parliament, in view of the ongoing farmers' protests. But, if talks do not happen or reap fruitful results, then from July 22 onwards, 200 of our people will hold protests near Parliament," Tikait said. Tikait was responding to Union Agriculture …

Govt ready to talk with farmers, but no repeal of farm laws: Union Agriculture Minister
3 years, 5 months ago

Govt ready to talk with farmers, but no repeal of farm laws: Union Agriculture Minister

India Today  

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday asserted that the three central agriculture laws would bring revolutionary changes in the lives of farmers, and made it clear that the government was ready to hold talks with the protesting cultivators, except on the demand for the repeal of these laws. READ: Farmers' protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait announces rallies in …

Samyukt Kisan Morcha urges UP Police to file farmers' complaint on Ghazipur border clash
3 years, 5 months ago

Samyukt Kisan Morcha urges UP Police to file farmers' complaint on Ghazipur border clash

India Today  

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the coalition of farmers' organisations protesting against the Centre's farm laws, has demanded the Uttar Pradesh Police to register the protesting farmers' complaint regarding the clashes between them and BJP workers at Ghazipur border near Delhi recently. The SKM alleged that with the connivance of the Uttar Pradesh government, BJP workers were able to organise their …

Farmer agitation picks pace in Rajasthan again
3 years, 5 months ago

Farmer agitation picks pace in Rajasthan again

India Today  

Farmer protests against the three contentious farm laws brought by the Centre, which had slowed down during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, seem to be picking pace once again in Rajasthan. Lashing out at the central government, farmer leader and former MLA Amra Ram, said, "It has been more than seven months since the farmer protests started. "Farmers …

12 opposition parties extend support to farmers' countrywide protest call on May 26
3 years, 7 months ago

12 opposition parties extend support to farmers' countrywide protest call on May 26

India TV News  

Twelve major opposition parties have extended their support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to observe countrywide protest on May 26, marking six months of the farmers protest at Delhi borders against the Centre's farm laws. The joint statement has been signed by Sonia Gandhi, H D Deve Gowda, Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray, M K …

BKU Leader Rakesh Tikait Says Oppn Not Supporting Farmers Enough as Leaders Fear Govt Probes
3 years, 9 months ago

BKU Leader Rakesh Tikait Says Oppn Not Supporting Farmers Enough as Leaders Fear Govt Probes

News 18  

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday suggested that opposition leaders were not giving more support to the farmers' protest as they feared being targeted by the Narendra Modi government. Addressing a farmers mahapanchayat' at Pipar in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, the Bharatiya Kisan Union leader called the BJP-led government at the Centre a two-person regime that does not listen to anybody. He …

Rakesh Tikait to tour 5 states in March to drum up support for farmers' protest
3 years, 9 months ago

Rakesh Tikait to tour 5 states in March to drum up support for farmers' protest

India TV News  

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait will be touring five states in March to drum up support for the ongoing farmers' protest against Centre's new agriculture laws, a Bharatiya Kisan Union office-bearer said on Saturday. Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers' protest, will begin the tour from March 1, the office-bearer said. "Farmers' meetings …

Ready to talk to farmers anytime: Agri minister Narendra Singh Tomar as farm protest continue
3 years, 9 months ago

Ready to talk to farmers anytime: Agri minister Narendra Singh Tomar as farm protest continue

India TV News  

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday over the ongoing farmers protest said that they have held 12 rounds of talks with the farmers and are ready to talk to them anytime. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that the farmers would march to the Parliament if the three agricultural laws are not taken back. Speaking to …

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