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  Set up agriculture research centre in Parliament, grow crops there and decide rates: Rakesh Tikait

  India | February 24, 2021 16:07 IST

  Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of three farm laws.

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  Farmers will gherao Parliament if govt doesn't repeal agri laws: Rakesh Tikait

  India | February 24, 2021 10:55 IST

  Rakesh Tikait said the protesting farmers would plough the parks near India Gate and grow crops there. Leaders of the United Front will decide the date to gherao the Parliament.

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  Tikait urges farmers to force 'king of looters' out of Delhi; says protest could go on for long

  India | February 23, 2021 7:05 IST

  "He is the last king of looters (luteron ka badshah). He has to be forced out of Delhi," Rakesh Tikait said without naming anyone at a "kisan mahapanchayat" in Nohar of Hanumangarh.

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  Rakesh Tikait to visit Gujarat to mobilise support for farmers' stir

  India | February 22, 2021 11:13 IST

  Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and west UP are camping at Delhi border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur with a demand that the Centre repeal the three new farm laws and make a new one guaranteeing MSP for crops.

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  Farmers destroy their crops after BKU leader Rakesh Tikait's call

  News | February 22, 2021 8:00 IST

  27-year-old farmer destroys crop in protest after Rakesh Tikait call.

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  We'll harvest as well as protest: Rakesh Tikait

  News | February 18, 2021 18:40 IST

  Spokesperson 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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  Rakesh Tikait says farmers movement set to extend to Bengal

  India | February 17, 2021 23:16 IST

  Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has said that the farm movement would extend to the state of West Bengal in the coming days.

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  BJP's Sanjeev Balyan 'plan' to counter Rakesh Tikait among Jats

  India | February 17, 2021 19:19 IST

  Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan would now lead the public outreach (Jan Sampark) campaign of the BJP, interacting with the Jat community in western UP. 

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  Ground Report| Farmers Leader Rakesh Tikait on empty tents at Ghazipur border

  News | February 17, 2021 17:29 IST

  Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has said that he will not contest elections and continue to fight for the farmers. Responding to a question asked by India TV reporter Archana Singh, Tikat said, "I have no plans to go to Parliament, instead I will work for enactment of laws for farmers' interest from road."

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  Will Rakesh Tikait contest elections? Bharatiya Kisan Union leader responds

  India | February 22, 2021 10:39 IST

  Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has said that he will not contest elections and continue to fight for the farmers.

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  Rakesh Tikait to take political plunge? Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson responds

  News | February 17, 2021 13:26 IST

  While talking to India TV Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said Now we will take this farmers movement to West Bengal.

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  Rakesh Tikait responds to Haryana Congress leader's 'liquor' remark

  India | February 17, 2021 15:37 IST

  Rakesh Tikait has dismissed the remarks by a Haryana Congress leader wherein she asked party workers to donate money and liquor to farmers' who are protesting at Delhi border points against the new agri laws.

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  Won't let govt sit in peace till farmers' demands met: Rakesh Tikait

  India | February 14, 2021 22:43 IST

  Upping the ante against the government, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said they won't let it sit in peace till the farmers' demands are met.

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  Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter visits farmers' protest site in Ghazipur

  India | February 13, 2021 23:56 IST

  Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee on Saturday visited Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to extend support to the farmers' movement against the Centre’s contentious farm laws, according to a BKU statement.

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  Rakesh Tikait supports farmers' protest at Mahapanchayat

  India | February 13, 2021 18:43 IST

  The farmers' protests are continuing on the borders of Delhi against the agricultural laws with 'Mahapanchayats' taking place to boost the movement and spread it across the country while BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has emerged as the prominent voice of the movement.

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  Protesters won't return home till agreement is reached: Rakesh Tikait

  India | February 12, 2021 23:12 IST

  BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an “agreement” with them. 

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  Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Yavatmal on Feb 20

  India | February 12, 2021 9:46 IST

  Farmers from Vidarbha and parts of Maharashtra are expected to participate in the Kisan Mahapanchayat, for which permission has been sought from the authorities.

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  PM Modi makes fresh appeal to protesting farmers from Lok Sabha, Rakesh Tikait responds

  India | February 10, 2021 19:36 IST

  BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday asserted that the agitating farmers were not aiming at any change in power at the Centre but a solution to their problems as he said many of their leaders will tour different parts of the country to spread the movement.

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  Farmers' Protest: The number of protesters reduced significantly at Ghazipur border

  News | February 10, 2021 12:20 IST

  In the name of farmers' protest, Delhi's Ghazipur border has been held by protesters since November 28. If you compare the crowd on the Ghazipur border after Rakesh Tikait break-down on 28 January, the number of protesters has reduced significantly.

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  Centre complicating issue, says Rakesh Tikait

  India | February 09, 2021 8:24 IST

  It has been over two months since the farmers have been protesting at Delhi's borders against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre.