Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said he will go to Kolkata this week to urge farmers to defeat the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections, but claimed he is not supporting any political party. Farmers are distressed, and election will be discussed with them, Tikait said, adding that he is not going to West Bengal to seek votes. I will go to Kolkata on March 13. The clarion call for a decisive struggle will come from Kolkata. We will talk to farmers there and urge them to defeat the BJP, the BKU leader said. He was in Ballia to address a Kisan Mahapanchayat .
: Sunday, March 7, 2021, 5:56 PM IST
Even if it takes 100 days or 100 months, Congress will continue to fight against farm laws: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at Kisan Mahapanchayat
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today told the farmers to not loose hopes over the scrapping of the farm laws while addressing Kisan Mahapanchayat in Meerut. The Congress leader focused and highlighted the issues being faced by the farmers since the innception of the BJP government s farm laws.
Urging the farmers at the Kisan Mahapanchayat she said, Even if it takes 100 weeks or 100 months, we (Congress) will continue this fight with you till this government takes back its black laws.
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She questioned if the laws benefited farmers
She was addressing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Meerut
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at the central government over the three contentious farm laws on Sunday (March 7).
She alleged that the laws were made to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “rich friends”.
Addressing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Western Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, Vadra said, “Are the three laws made for your (farmers’) well-being or for the good of Modi ji s ‘kharabapati’ friends?”
“Lakhs of farmers have been sitting at the border for over 100 days, protesting against the new laws. If this law is made for you, then why are lakhs of you sitting on the border?” she asked.