Repeal farm laws by November 26 or farmers will intensify protest at Delhi borders, Tikait tells Centre

Ghaziabad, November 1

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said the Centre had time till November 26 to repeal the contentious farm laws, after which farmer protests around Delhi would be intensified.

November 26 will mark one year of the ongoing farmers' protests at Delhi's border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.

The protests are led by farmers’ collective Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM).

Farmers' union BKU, whose supporters are encamping at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, is also a part of the SKM.

“The central government has time till November 26; from November 27, farmers will reach the border at the movement sites around Delhi on tractors from villages and strengthen the tents at the movement site with solid fortifications,” Tikait, the BKU national spokesperson, tweeted in Hindi.

Hundreds of farmers are encamped at the three Delhi borders since November 2020 with a demand that the three laws be repealed.

The Centre, which has held 11 rounds of formal dialogues with the farmers, has maintained that the new laws are pro-farmer, while protesters claim they would be left at the mercy of corporations because of the legislations. PTI