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BJP's Haryana, HP by-polls defeat victory of farmers' movement, says Rakes
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Following the defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana by-polls, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said it is a "victory of farmers' movement".
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SKM calls for nationwide protests on completion of 11 months of farmers' m
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): On completion of 11 months of the farmers' movement, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has put out a call for nationwide protests at tehsil and district headquarters from 11 am to 2 pm on Tuesday.
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Tikait cautioned media houses will be 'next target' of Centre
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 28 (ANI): Asking the media houses to align with the farmers' movement, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday warned that they are the "next target" of the Centre.
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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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Will not gherao Raj Bhavan, urge President's intervention in farmers' move
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 12 (ANI): Bhartiya Kishan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday clarified that the BKU will not gherao Raj Bhavan and will submit a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind through the governors in order to demand his intervention in the farmers'
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Fuel price, farmers' movement will impact Assembly polls, says Digvijaya S
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh [India], March 7 (ANI): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh during his Indore visit on Sunday said that the fuel price hike and the farmers' movement will have an impact on the upcoming Assembly elections five states.
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Punjab Budget session: AAP slams Governor for skipping para in his speech
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 2 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday hit out at the Punjab Governor Vijayender Pal Singh Badnore for allegedly skipping the paragraph on the ongoing farmers' movement during his address in the state Vidhan Sabha on the second day of the budget sess
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Farmers' agitation: Rakesh Tikait dismisses Haryana Cong leader's 'liquor
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): Dismissing the remarks by Haryana Congress leader Vidya Rani on extending support to farmers' agitation by providing liquor, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that "such people" don't have anything to do w
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Satya Pal Malik warns Centre not to suppress farmers' movement
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday urged the Centre not to suppress the farmers' movement but to listen to their concerns about the three farm laws passed during the last Monsoon Session of parliament.
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Sibal alleges conspiracy to derail farmers' protest, asks how protesters r
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday raised questions over the manner in which protestors reached Red Fort during tractor march by farmer unions on Republic Day and also alleged that "conspiracy is being hatched" to derail the farmers' movement.
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Farmers must go to meetings with government, issue must be resolved: Capt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 29 (ANI): Noting that the people who had infiltrated the farmers' movement had caused violence at Red Fort and other parts of Delhi on Republic Day, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has said the agitation has lost its steam due to these incid
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha blames Centre, Deep Sidhu for making farmers movemen
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday blamed the Central government, actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) for the violence during the farmers' 'tractor march' in Delhi on January 26 against the agriculture la
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