Supporting BJP My Biggest Mistake : BKU s Naresh Tikait at Munderwa Mahapanchayat
The Bharatiya Kisan Union president gave out a call to protesting farmers to socially boycott BJP leaders until a legal guarantee to the MSP is granted, with the repeal of the farm laws.
Bharatiya Kisan Union President Naresh Tikait on February 23. Photo: PTI
Rights27/Feb/2021
Munderwa: The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s grand farmersâ meeting at Munderwa in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh on February 25, gave impetus to the movement in the Purvanchal region.
Large multitudes of farmers in green turbans, green-white caps, women and youth gathered for the mahapanchayat in a field near the Munderwa sugar mill, in spite of the fact that the Mahapanchayat had not been publicised much. Shortly after the panchayat started, four-wheelers were stopped by police from entering the assembly venue.
One BKU faction supports farm laws, others agitate
Tue, Dec 15 2020 10:13:53 PM
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which has been at the forefront of the farmers agitation against the government, seems to have suffered a split on Tuesday with its Kisan faction s national and regional post holders from Uttar Pradesh going ahead and meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to give its thumbs up to the contentious farm laws.
The leaders of the BKU who attended Tuesday s meeting at Krishi Bhawan are from the Kisan faction, who not only announced to suspend their agitation but also told the Union minister that they support the farm laws and are with the government.