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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicRakesh Tikait

Topic: Rakesh Tikait

How farmers’ protest has made Haryana khaps, infamous for honour-killing diktats, relevant again

Khaps were losing their influence on Haryana politics, but now these mostly-Jat councils are uniting in support of farm protests and against BJP-JJP govt.

Modi should ask MPs, MLAs to give up pension & use the funds to support youth — Rakesh Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait also batted for safeguarding interests of people engaged in milk supply, apprehending a new policy could jeopardise the community’s livelihood.

Those wanting business over hunger will be driven out of the country, says Rakesh Tikait

The Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson's comments came soon after PM Modi's address in the Rajya Sabha in which he assured farmers that MSP will remain in the future.

No ‘ghar wapsi’ until farmers’ demands are met — Tikait at ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ in Haryana

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said govt should roll back farm laws, frame new legislation to assure continuation of MSP for crops and release arrested farmers.

Tikait calls on farmers to join ‘tractor revolution’, criticises NGT move to ban old vehicles

Ghaziabad: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday called on peasants across the country to join the tractor revolution as part of the ongoing protests...

Farmers to intensify protests, threaten to hold one chakka jam every week

Protesting farmers Saturday held a three-hour long chakka jam across India except in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Sit-in on highways outside Delhi, no plan to enter capital — farmers on tomorrow’s chakka jam

Farmer unions have scheduled a pan-India road blockade Saturday, the first big protest after the Republic Day violence in Delhi.

‘Chakka jam’ to be pan-India except Delhi, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Tikait also said the movement for the repeal of the contentious farm laws could continue till October and would be supported by villagers.

Angry farmers, khap support & a ‘warning’ to govt — snapshots from Tikait’s Jind mahapanchayat

In Haryana's Jind, thousands gathered for Rakesh Tikait's rally. Chanting 'Kisan Ekta Zindabad' slogans, the supporters said they 'won't forgive Modi govt'.

Rakesh Tikait helped BJP win over Jats in 2014, his tears have now turned them against Modi

Years after he helped the BJP win in western UP, Rakesh Tikait has now denounced the party and said the farmer protest will continue until October, if needed.

On Camera

Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.