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.
Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
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