BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Bardoli town on Monday
Ahmedabad/Vadodara/Surat: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday threatened to start a farmers’ tractor agitation in Gujarat after Delhi, and said time has come to gherao Gandhinagar and also break barricades if needed.
“Farmers will conduct agitation in Gujarat using their tractors. Time has come to gherao Gandhinagar and block roads. If needed, we will have to break barricades too,” Tikait said after his visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Monday. He was accompanied by former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela.
Tikait claimed farmers in Gujarat were unhappy and suffering. “Farmers are suffering because there is no agitation here. There is no backing from courts also. Farmers are compelled to say they are happy and making a profit. Please give us that technology which is helping Gujarat’s farmers to reap benefits,” he said.
Video grab of the clash that broke out between supporters on Friday
VADODARA: The Congress and BJP workers clashed with each other on Dabhoi Road during the civic poll campaign on Friday afternoon. At least five persons suffered injuries and some vehicles were damaged during the clashes that happened just hours before the civic poll campaign closed. Both parties blamed each other for the violence but the police said that no FIR was registered in the case.
“It was a pre-planned attack on our campaign rally by the BJP. Senior BJP leaders had provoked the workers to create ruckus in our ward as they are scared of losing,” claimed Congress leader, Chandrakant Srivastava, who is contesting from ward 16. Srivastava’s son Vishal suffered minor head injuries along with Congress workers, Jay Thakore and Ashish Mangrola.
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