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Farmers would park their tractors on highways going towards Delhi on February 26 and 27

Farmers’ unions, including Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU), have assured full support to the farmers and have even started seeking support from opposition parties to take on the Yogi government on the issue.

Hyderabad: Crop procurement is the responsibility of the Central government and it cannot come up with any excuses, said Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait. He was addressing TRS party leaders and cadre at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. The Centre cannot adopt one procurement plan for North and other for […]

Hyderabad: The ‘Maha Dharna’ organised by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Delhi for farmers, garnered nation-wide attention as well as support from various parts of the country on Monday. While the streets of Delhi in the surroundings of Telangana Bhavan where the dharna was held, were filled with flex boards and pink flags, the ‘#OneNationOneProcurement’ […]

Hyderabad: Stating that Telangana Government’s protest in the national capital demanding paddy procurement and uniform procurement policy a humiliation to Central Government, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was staging a protest not for political interests but for the welfare of farming community. This was just beginning. […]

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has extended support to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) protest in New Delhi on Monday and said he will participate in the demonstration demanding that the Central government procure paddy produced in Telangana. Excerpts from an interview: Q: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s demand for uniform […]

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has extended support to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) protest in New Delhi on Monday and said he will participate in the demonstration demanding that the Central government procure paddy produced in Telangana. He also pitched for the uniform procurement policy that is being demanded by […]

Noida: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has called for an investigation to confirm if there was a lapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security in Punjab due to which his programme was changed or was it because of the anger of farmers. Tikait’s BKU has been part of the farmers’ collective Samyukta Kisan […]

He also stressed that the government should talk to farmers over the issue of minimum support price (MSP) of crops and other matters.

Lucknow/Muzaffarnagar: Thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states on Sunday gathered at Muzaffarnagar for a ‘Kisan mahapanchayat’ aimed at “saving the country”, just months ahead of the crucial UP assembly polls. The event was organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) at the Government Inter College ground in Muzaffarnagar in protest against the Centre’s […]

Earlier on Sunday, Tikait had suggested that farmers in Karnataka should organise a protest in the state similar to that of Delhi.

The BKU leader said farmers need to protest against the Central government's decision of privatising PSUs.

Narendra said the Centre is under any misconception that it can “cull” the farmers' protest like it has "culled" other agitations in the past using various tactics.

She met Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait at the protest site and reiterated her support for the protesters

He said what the farmers protesting against the new laws have highlighted is that there is no law on MSP, because of which traders loot them by buying crops at lower prices.

BKU has appealed to all the farmers to join the khap panchayat today.

Around 500 protesters stayed put at the UP Gate with more pouring in from western Uttar Pradesh in the night on the call of the BKU, an influential farmers' union in north India.

"The govt proposed to suspend the farm laws for one and a half years. We rejected the proposal but since it has come from the centre we will meet tomorrow and deliberate over it," Joginder Singh Ugrahan said.

As the farmers barged into the event venue, they broke through the barricades put up in front of the stage for security, smashed flower pots, tables and chairs put up on stage

While at many places, farmers took over toll plazas not allowing authorities to collect fees from commuters, at other places toll employees themselves halted the process in view of the protest