Rakesh Tikait
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Rakesh Tikait responds to PM Modi's Parliament speech: 'Make law on MSP'
India | Feb 08, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTThousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of farm laws and law on MSP.
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There is no law on MSP and the farmers are looted by traders: Rakesh Tikait
News | Feb 08, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTWhen did we say that MSP is ending? We said that a law be formed on MSP. If such a law is formed, all the farmers of the country will be benefitted. Right now, there is no law on MSP and the farmers are looted by traders: Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union
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Rakesh Tikait calls on farmers for 'tractor revolution'
India | Feb 07, 2021, 07:26 AM ISTDuring a speech to supporters at the Ghazipur protest site, Tikait reached out to the farming community, many of whom especially in the Delhi-NCR region have been upset over the National Green Tribunal's ban on diesel vehicles, including tractors, that are over 10 years old.
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Will remain at Delhi borders till Oct 2, no compromise on demands: Tikait
India | Feb 07, 2021, 07:22 AM ISTInteracting with the press, Rakesh Tikait claimed a few inputs had been received regarding some miscreants "trying to disrupt peace" during the “chakka jam” that was announced for 12 pm to 3 pm on Saturday.
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Farmers’ protest to continue till October if needed, says Rakesh Tikait
News | Feb 07, 2021, 07:20 AM ISTThe farmers’ protest at the Ghazipur border will continue 'till October or November', announced Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait.
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Rakesh Tikait made statement in haste, should have spoken to us: BKU spokesperson Darshan Pal
India | Feb 06, 2021, 11:05 PM ISTBKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait's statement that violence may have erupted in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during 'chakka jam' call was made in haste, says Samyukta Kisan Morcha spokesperson Darshan Pal.
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Farmers' Chakka Jam ends with no big impact, Rakesh Tikait's ultimatum to govt | Top points
India | Feb 06, 2021, 10:58 PM ISTThe three-hour-long nationwide 'chakka jam' by protesting farmers was held on Saturday amid tight security, even as there was no such event in the national capital which was turned into a fortress with heavy security deployment.
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Toolkit expose has revealed a lot: EAM Jaishankar
India | Feb 06, 2021, 06:05 PM ISTAmid the ongoing agitation and tweets by international celebrities over farmers protest, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar while speaking on the toolkit matter said that its expose has revealed a lot.
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Watch Top 5 news of the Day | Feb 5, 2021
News | Feb 05, 2021, 06:27 PM ISTBharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has announced that there will be no road blockade in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on February 6. However, farmers will block roads in rest of the country excluding Delhi.
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'Rakesh Tikait cannot get away by shedding tears after tractor rally violence'
India | Feb 05, 2021, 05:13 PM ISTStating that hoisting a religious flag at the Red Fort was "treason", BJP leader and former Union minister KJ Alphons on Friday said in Rajya Sabha that farmer leader Rakesh Tikait cannot get away by shedding tears after the violence during their tractor parade seeking the repeal of new farm laws.
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Chakka Jam on Feb 6: Tikait says UP, Uttarakhand won't be affected; farmer union issues guidelines
India | Feb 05, 2021, 05:01 PM ISTFarm laws: Farmer unions have announced that they will hold a countrywide chakka jam on February 6 and block national and state highways.
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Rakesh Tikait evolves new formula: 1 tractor, 15 people, 10 days, 1 village
India | Feb 05, 2021, 11:59 AM ISTAccording to Tikait, leaders of farmers' bodies are constantly urging the government to talk with them, but the government isn't doing so. "In fact, the government wants to prolong the farmers' agitation."
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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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3-hour-long 'chakka jaam' on Feb 6, says Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait
News | Feb 04, 2021, 06:25 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday once again reiterated that they will block roads on Saturday, February 6 in order to make their voice heard with respect to their demand of repealing the 3 farm laws.
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3-hour-long 'chakka jaam' on Feb 6: Rakesh Tikait vows to intensify farmers protest
India | Feb 04, 2021, 05:44 PM ISTThe Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday once again reiterated that they will block roads on Saturday, February 6 in order to make their voice heard with respect to their demand of repealing the 3 farm laws.
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Kis muh se ghar wapsi karein...: BKU president Naresh Tikait | Watch
India | Feb 03, 2021, 11:54 PM ISTAs farmers protest against Centre's new farm reforms continues for over 2 months at various Delhi border, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Naresh Tikait (Rakesh Tikait's brother) on Wednesday said with what face can they (farmers) now go back... sitting at the border was a helplessness situation for the farmers.
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'Neither Rahul, nor Rihanna...': BJP hits back at Congress for politicising farmers' protest
India | Feb 03, 2021, 05:46 PM ISTBJP leader Sambit Patra said neither Rahul Gandhi, nor Rihanna (international pop star) knows anything about agricultre.
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Farmers mahapanchayat in Jind passes resolution to revoke farm laws
India | Feb 03, 2021, 03:48 PM ISTThe Kisan Mahapanchayat amid the presence of thousands of farmers in Jind district of Haryana on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to revoke the three contentious farm laws where BKU leader Rakesh Tikait announced that "if their demands were not accepted, they will hold another 'mahapanchayat' of India level".
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Stage collapses during Rakesh Tikait's Speech at Jind Mahapanchayat
News | Feb 03, 2021, 03:03 PM ISTPanic prevailed for a brief period during a mahapanchayat in Haryana’s Jind district on Wednesday when the stage on which Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson and other farmer leaders were present.
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Jind Mahapanchayat: Stage collapses during Rakesh Tikait's speech
India | Feb 03, 2021, 04:17 PM ISTTelevision images showed the crowded stage collapsing as soon as Tikait started addressing the crowd.