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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicBharatiya Kisan Union

Topic: Bharatiya Kisan Union

Farmers prepared to protest till May 2024, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

At a press conference in Nagpur, Tikait also said the opposition parties in the country were weak and that is why farmers had to start this agitation against the Centre's new laws.

‘Will stand with farmers & Punjab’ — farmer leader Bhupinder Mann quits SC farm laws panel

In a short press statement released Thursday, Mann said he was ‘ready to sacrifice any position so as not to compromise the interest of Punjab and farmers of the country’. 

BKU (Ugrahan) — the outlier kisan union that the farmers’ protest cannot do without

BKU (Ugrahan) stirred up a row after demanding release of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & others, but its leadership remains defiant about it, says what they did was integral to the protests.

Corporates buying farm produce below MSP should be jailed, demands Bharatiya Kisan Union

Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Naresh Tikait calls for statutory provision for jail term for people buying produce below MSP, and says there will be no compromise on the issue.

Delhi Police deploys personnel at UP, Haryana borders after protest call by farmers

The development comes after the Bharatiya Kisan Union's Haryana unit announced that it will hold a statewide protest against the Centre's farm bills on Sunday.

Tikait calls an end to farmers protest but says will teach Centre a lesson if demands not met

He said the protest achieved its goals, which was to highlight the many difficulties farmers face.

Haridwar to Delhi: On route to protest, farmers slept on road, cooked in makeshift kitchens

Angry farmers, on the road for 13 days, say they have left behind produce, farms and cattle to protest in Delhi as they are unhappy with Modi government.

On Camera

Munir wants Pakistan military to be taken seriously. He was impressing Imran’s supporters

Operation Sindhoor came as a blessing for Asim Munir. He could claim to have “won a war” and get promoted to a field marshal’s post. But the narrative hasn’t held.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.