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Rakesh Tikait demands vaccination of protesting farmers, jail inmates
News | Mar 18, 2021, 05:26 PM ISTBharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait demanded COVID-19 vaccine jab for protesting farmers and jail inmates.
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'Govt in Kolkata, we will also go there to speak with farmers': Rakesh Tikait
News | Mar 07, 2021, 08:41 PM ISTBKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said farmers' union will go to Kolkata on March 13 to speak to farmers as "Govt has gone to the state".
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Doors still open for talks Tomar on Tikait's '40 lakh tractors march' plan
News | Feb 24, 2021, 05:40 PM ISTAfter farmer leader Rakesh Tikait announced the plans for marching to Parliament with 40 lakh tractors in order to intensify pressure on the central government to withdraw the three new farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar responded by saying that the government has still left its doors opened for discussions, while also underlining the previous talks. "Government of India is committed to double farmers' income and work towards agriculture's welfare. Discussions have been held many times, if they have a point to raise even now, we are ready to discuss," Tomar told reporters in the national capital.
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We'll harvest as well as protest: Rakesh Tikait
News | Feb 18, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTSpokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait addressed a rally in Kharak Punia village of Hisar district in Haryana on February 18 where he said that they will harvest and protest against new farm laws together and won't end the demonstration.
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BKU official complains against fake Facebook profile of Rakesh Tikait
India | Feb 05, 2021, 06:27 AM ISTA complaint along with screenshots of the page were sent to Kaushambi police station officials, BKU press cell in-charge Shamsher Rana told PTI adding that an acquaintance had informed him about the fake ID.
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Will hold discussions, but won't agree under pressure: Rakesh Tikait
News | Jan 31, 2021, 06:43 PM ISTBharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to hold talks said that they are thankful to Prime Minister for his initiative and will hold discussions on the issue.
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BKU (Lok Shakti) re-launches stir against farm laws, relocates to Ghazipur border
India | Jan 30, 2021, 09:40 AM ISTBKU (Lok Shakti) chief Thakur Sheoraj Singh Bhati called on the union's supporters, who were camping at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida, to now reach Ghazipur border, where BKU members are staying put.
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Delhi Police sends notice to BKU leader Rakesh Tikait for breaching tractor rally agreement
India | Jan 28, 2021, 03:07 PM ISTDelhi Police has issued a notice to Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait asking him to explain as to why legal action should not be taken against him for breaching the agreement with police regarding the tractor rally on January 26.
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Farmer unions bury differences ahead of 10th round of talks, Chaduni to be part of delegation
India | Jan 18, 2021, 10:23 PM ISTThe Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, which had earlier barred Chaduni from participating in the next round of talks with the government scheduled to be held on January 20, held a meeting at the Singhu border on Monday (January 18) evening over the controversy.
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'We've not blocked roads, police placed barricades': BKU on SC hearing
News | Dec 17, 2020, 06:06 PM ISTBKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Supreme Court's hearing said that they haven't blocked roads."We'll discuss future course of action in our Panchayat.
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Here's why farmers in Haryana are agitating
India | Sep 12, 2020, 12:05 AM ISTThe Haryana Police on Friday booked state Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni and 300 unidentified people for damaging public property and violating prohibitory orders, a day after farmers clashed with cops during a protest.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union stages sit-in outside collectorate
India | Aug 30, 2019, 11:00 AM ISTThere was a confrontation at the collectorate on Thursday when the police prevented the BKU activists, led by Rakesh Tikait, from entering into the district magistrate room.
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Kisan Kranti Padyatra: Farmers continue protests despite Govt's assurance
India | Oct 02, 2018, 09:31 PM ISTProtesting farmers clashed with police after they broke the barricades put up at the UP border and entered the national capital.
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BKU demands withdrawal of toll on DND flyway
India | Apr 03, 2013, 12:04 AM ISTNoida, Apr 2: BKU today forcefully occupied Noida toll plaza of DND (Delhi-Noida-Delhi) Flyway and allowed vehicles to ply without paying the toll for around 20 minutes, to protest the levy of toll on users