Farmers' agitation against farm laws will go on for indefinite period, warns BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait had earlier warned that the farmers will not go back home till their demands are met by the Centre. The farmers will hold a protest every year on October 2 at the Ghazipur border. "Tear shells and bullets were fired at the farmers on October 2, 2018, at the Ghazipur border. Every year we do a programme at the Ghazipur border and will also do it this year," Tikait said.

Ghaziabad: In yet another warning to the Centre, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Friday that the ongoing farmers’ protest will go on for an indefinite period. "Farmers’ protest will go on for an indefinite period as there is no plan currently. It might continue till October," Tikait was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The BKU leader said this in response to the statement of ‘Samyukt Kisan Morcha’ (SKM) leader Gurnam Singh Charni that the farmers’ protest will continue till October. Tikait had earlier warned the farmers’ agitation will not conclude until the Centre repeals the three newly enacted agriculture laws and it may go on till October.

On Friday, he mentioned that the farmers hold a protest every year on October 2 at the Ghazipur border. "Tear shells and bullets were fired at the farmers on October 2, 2018, at the Ghazipur border. Every year we do a programme here at the Ghazipur border and will also do it this year," he said.

Asked about the debates in the Parliament on the farmers’ issues, Tikait said it is good that the issue is being raised and debated in the Parliament.

He further said there must be a genuine reason that the country’s farmers are protesting for so long."The entire nation’s farmers are on the streets protesting, there must be a reason for it. If the farm laws are not accepted by the farmers, then what is the compulsion of not repealing them?" Tikait asked.

The BKU spokesperson agreed with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remark of ‘hum do hamare do’ as he believed that it truly seemed like only four people are running the country.

Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws: 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.