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MSP hike for rabi crops a joke, says Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said the increase in the minimum support prices of Rabi crops announced by the Centre today was "a joke played on farmers."
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Farmers continue sit-in protest at mini Secretariat in Karnal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Farmers have continued to sit-in protest around the mini secretariat in Haryana's Karnal district after talks with the district administration failed over their call for action against officials involved in lathi-charge on farmers on August 28.
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BJP government has failed to fulfil promises to farmers, says Harish Rawat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat on Tuesday slammed the BJP government in Haryana and at the Centre over protest by farmers, saying it has failed to fulfil promises made to them.
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'Sarkari Talibani' has occupied country: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Karna
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nuh (Haryana) [India], August 29 (ANI): Hitting out at BJP-led Central government for the Haryana Police's lathi charge at farmers in Karnal, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday compared the government with "Talibanis".
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Country has been occupied by state-run Taliban, alleges Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], August 29 (ANI): Slamming the Haryana government for the lathi-charge by Haryana Police on the protesting farmers at Karnal, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday alleged that "the country has been occupied by the state-run Taliban, the commande
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Will call for Punjab bandh if govt does not initiate talk: BKU leader
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], August 21 (ANI): While staging a protest at Punjab's Jalandhar, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)-Doaba's leader Manjit Singh Rai said on Saturday, they (farmers) will call for Punjab Bandh if the government does not initiate dialogue by today evening.
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Samyukta Morcha to talk to farmers of Uttarakhand, UP, Punjab about govt's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said Samyukta Morcha has decided to go to Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and other parts of the country to talk to farmers about the government's policies and work.
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Rakesh Tikait hails Jind farmers' plan for tractor rally on Aug 15
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [india], July 26 (ANI): Calling the farmers of Jind (Haryana) as revolutionaries, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday hailed the decision of carrying out a tractor parade in protest against the Centre's farm laws on Independence Day.
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Will hold our own Parliament sessions at Jantar Mantar: Rakesh Tikait ahea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [india], July 22 (ANI): While the Monsoon Session of Parliament is on, the farmers' protest led by Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait is going to take place against the Centre's new farm laws just at a short distance away. BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said
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Farmers' protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait leaves for Singhu border
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday left for Singhu border where farmers will gather from across all the protesting sites and will then move towards Delhi to hold 'Kisan Sansad' at Jantar Mantar.
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Farmers' movement to continue until Govt fulfils demands: Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said that the government is not agreeing to the farmers' demands, and asserted that the 'farmers' movement' will continue until their demands are met.
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Farmers' protest on July 22 outside Parliament will be peaceful, says Rake
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Ahead of the planned protest of the farmers outside Parliament on July 22, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said the protest would be ''peaceful' despite the country witnessing violence on Republic Day when protestors reached
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