Speaking at India TV's day-long conclave Chunav Manch on Saturday afternoon, the farmer leader said that the farmers’ issues should be discussed in the upcoming Parliament session.
Delhi court on Saturday extended the interim protection given to alleged gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana in connection with the violence in Red Fort on Republic Day.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has welcomed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar's recent comments on the new farm laws. Pawar had on Thursday suggested that the new farm laws must not be totally scrapped but the certain amendments should be done.
The government and farmer unions have held 11 rounds of talks so far, the last being on January 22, to break the deadlock and end the protest.
According to a statement released by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait said the BJP workers showed black flags to the farmers' leaders and used abusive language.
BJP workers and farm law protesters clashed in Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Wednesday. Farmers alleged that BJP workers sloganeered near the stage which led to scuffles between groups of people.
CM Manohar Lal Khattar claimed that only a 'handful of people' were opposing the farm laws and that 'common farmers are happy' and have no objection to new farm laws.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who has been leading the farmer’s protest at Ghazipur border, told reporters that farmers’ union has decided to hold two more rallies, and planned a tractor rally for July 9, which is scheduled to reach Singhu border on July 10
As protesting farmers on Saturday gheraoed Raj Bhavans in different states on completion of 7 months of their agitation and tried to give a memorandum to the Lieutenant Governor, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said they have decided to strengthen the movement and will be holding two more rallies.
A year since it began, the farmers’ protest in Punjab has now acquired a larger space. Interestingly, it may be for the first time that the state government is supporting the farmers’ movement against the Central government. Not only this, the movement is being supported by all political parties in the state, except the BJP.
Farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws. They have been camping at Delhi borders since November last year, demanding the withdrawal of these three laws and that a new law be made to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
A large number of farmers, including from Uttar Pradesh, is expected to join protesters at Delhi's border points on June 26 to mark seven months of their agitation against the three agri laws enacted last year.
The BKU leader said, the government has given a tool to the corporates to loot the farmers by implementing three farm laws. He said these are not laws made for the farmers, but for corporates, and that is why the government is ignoring the interest of the farmers.
Narendra Tomar said that the government is ready to resume dialogue to resolve farmers' objections on the new farm laws.
The farmers had to experience strong weather condition on the Ghazipur border.
Speaking on farmers protest, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on June 09 criticized farmers for telling their objections in the farm laws.
Scores of farmers led by Rakesh Tikait, Gurnam Singh Chaduni and Samukta Kisan Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav on Saturday night staged a sit-in at Sadar police station.
Farmers burnt copies of the Centre's three farm laws near residences of BJP leaders and at other places in Punjab.
On January 26, protesting farmers clashed with police during the tractor rally against three farm laws and stormed into the Red Fort, injuring scores of policemen.
A brief ruckus was also reported from Delhi's Ghazipur protest site where farmers burnt an effigy of the central government amid heavy police deployment.
Top News
Latest News
