Rakesh Tikait to tour 5 states in March to drum up assist for farmers’ protest

Farmer chief Rakesh Tikait will probably be touring 5 states in March to drum up assist for the continuing farmers’ protest towards Centre’s new agriculture legal guidelines, a Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) office-bearer stated on Saturday.
Tikait, the nationwide spokesperson of the BKU and a outstanding face of the farmers’ protest, will start the tour from March 1, the office-bearer stated.
“Farmers’ meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, while two meetings will also be held in Uttar Pradesh in March,” BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik stated.

Two conferences will probably be held in Rajasthan and three in Madhya Pradesh. The final three conferences will probably be held on March 20, 21 and 22 in Karnataka, Malik stated.

“One event is scheduled on March 6 in Telangana, but we have not got permission for it yet due to some election in the state. If permission is granted, the meeting in Telangana will be held as per schedule,” he instructed PTI.
Thousands of farmers are tenting at Delhi’s border factors at Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur since November with a requirement that the Centre ought to repeal the contentious farm legal guidelines enacted in September final yr and body a brand new one guaranteeing the minimal assist worth (MSP) on crops.

Tikait is main the protest at Ghazipur.
The authorities, which has held 11 rounds of formal talks with the protesting farm unions, maintains that the legal guidelines are pro-farmer.