Let Centre Tell Farmers Why Can't It Repeal Farm Laws: Rakesh Tikait "We have an ideological fight with the government, something which can neither be fought with sticks and guns nor suppressed by them. The farmers will return home only when the new laws are repealed," the BKU national spokesperson asserted. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses protesters at Ghazipur, January 30, 2021. Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Rights31/Jan/2021 Ghaziabad: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday asked the Centre to explain to farmers why it does not want to repeal the three farm laws. Tikait appeared to make the conciliatory offer to the government from a position of strength amid swelling support for farmers’ stir with hundreds of villagers pouring in at the key protest site, Ghazipur’s UP Gate on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.