The BKU chief remarks come in the wake of Yogi Adityanath announcing a Rs 25 per quintal hike in the purchase prices of sugarcane in UP, taking it to Rs 350 per quintal.
Tikait also appealed to Indians living in the US to raise banners saying 'No Farmer No Food' as mark of protest when Modi will go to speak at the UN General Assembly on 25 September.
BJP leaders have questioned farmer leader Tikait for leading the Islamic chant at a mahapanchayat in UP, but the 20-second videos don’t present the full picture.
The BKU leader Monday said that a big panchayat will be organised in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on 5 September to interact with farmers over government's policies and work.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had asserted the new laws would bring revolutionary changes, and the government was ready to talks to the protestors.
An FIR was registered after the farmers tried to gherao Jananayak Janata Party MLA Devendra Singh Babli's residence in Tohana in Haryana on Wednesday night.
Rakesh Tikait and some other leaders of the farmers' union were booked after they held a 'kisan mazdoor maha panchayat' near Ambala Cantt in Haryana Saturday.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar is scheduled to visit Badauli village in Panipat on 14 April to unveil a statue of B. R. Ambedkar on the Dalit icon's birth anniversary.
Tikait claimed farmers in Gujarat were unhappy and suffering and said that time has come to gherao the state capital Gandhinagar and also break barricades if needed.
Tikait was not in his car when the stones were pelted at his cavalcade, Bhiwadi Superintendent of Police said, adding no one was injured in the incident.
Vivek Rae committee highlighted the deficiencies that persist even today: Fragmented authority, weak accountability, and the absence of dedicated acquisition cadres.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.
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