: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 8:12 PM IST
Farmers Protest: Emotional BKU leader Rakesh Tikait refuses to surrender, says will hang self if laws aren t repealed
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday broke down at the Ghazipur border protest site, alleging that the administration was trying to crush their movement.
Even after the Ghaziabad District Magistrate (DM) has given an ultimatum to the protesting farmers to end the protest and vacate the Ghazipur border protest site today itself, Tikait has refused to surrender before the police and said a Supreme Court-appointed committee should probe the tractor rally violence, reported India Today.
Farmers leader Rakesh Tikait goes on hunger strike, refuses to surrender
Farmers leader Rakesh Tikait goes on hunger strike, refuses to surrender
Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has refused to surrender before the police. He has demanded that a Supreme Court-appointed committee should investigate the Republic Day violence in Delhi.
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UPDATED: January 28, 2021 22:23 IST
Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said he won t be surrendering before the police. (Photo: PTI)
He also started fast at the protest site and said he would drink only water from his village. We want to court arrest peacefully. But it seems there is a plan to stir violence while protesters return. If there is any such plan, I will remain here. I will face the bullet, Rakesh Tikait said.
Ghaziabad DM issues orders to vacate Ghazipur farmers protest site by today
Ghaziabad DM issues orders to vacate Ghazipur farmers protest site by today
The Ghaziabad district authorities issued an ultimatum to farmers to clear the protest site at UP Gate (Ghazipur border) in the aftermath of the clashes between police and farmers on Republic Day in Delhi.
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Heavy police presence has been deployed at the Ghazipur protest site. (Photo: PTI)
Amid the ongoing tussle between authorities and several farmers union across Delhi-NCR, the Ghaziabad District Magistrate (DM) has issued orders to vacate the farmers protest site at Ghazipur by Thursday midnight or else they would be removed.
Agriculture experts on Wednesday said the position of protesting farmer unions has weakened and they may face a credibility crisis after the violence during their tractor parade on Republic Day, saying time is ripe for the government to strike the best deal and end the two month-long agitation. The tractor parade meant to highlight the demands of the farmer unions dissolved into anarchy on the streets of Delhi on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of protesters broke through barriers, fought with police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort. The Centre has so far held 11 rounds of discussion with the protesting farmer unions. In its tenth round, the government had offered the unions a proposal to suspend the new agriculture laws for 1-1.5 years, which the latter rejected outright.
After R-Day farmers tractor parade turns violent, Gul Panag says government got what it wanted
Gul Panag
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Bollywood actress-turned-politician and former beauty queen Gul Panag recently contributed to a discussion on farmers protests after a tractor march, meant to highlight farmers demands, dissolved into anarchy on the streets of Delhi today.
Gul Panag told all of her followers on Twitter that the violent acts witnessed today had actually opened up an opportunity for the government to portray the ongoing farmers protests in a poor light. It appears that the government has got what it wanted, from day one! Gul opined, It was waiting for an opportunity to show the entire protest in poor light, by design or default. Constant attempts at needling/provoking the protestors; undermining, subverting, debasing the protests. Sad.