Govt conspiracy against farmers strengthened their protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait | India News – Times of India
CHARKHI DADRI (HARYANA): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday mentioned the Central Government’s conspiracy against farmers has strengthened their protest against the newly-enacted farm legal guidelines.
Farmer unions held a mahapanchayat in Charkhi Dadri right this moment the place hundreds of farmers gathered. Farmer leaders together with Rakesh Tikait, Balbir Singh Rajewal and Darshan Pal Singh have been current on the mahapanchayat.
Addressing the gathering, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait mentioned, “They (Central Government) do not mind if the country is broken. Using the National Flag issue, they tried to demotivate us. To weaken the protest, they conspired against us. But we emerged stronger after two days. Our demand is to repeal the farm laws, make law on MSP and free the jailed farmers.”
“The youths here have asked for repealing of farm laws for now. What will happen if they asked the Government to leave their posts? We will not tolerate how our people were deceitfully taken to Red Fort,” he added.
Farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh mentioned, “I want to tell the Khap Panchayats of Haryana that what happened in Punjab should also happen in Haryana. The BJP government should fall in Haryana. The Central Government had conspired against us on January 26. The movement has turned bigger after January 29.”
Protesting farmers known as a national ‘chakka jam’ (street blockade) on Saturday. Heavy safety deployment continued on the Tikri border (Delhi-Haryana border) on Sunday morning as farmers’ protest against three agriculture legal guidelines enters the 74th day.
Farmers have been protesting at totally different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 final 12 months against the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
