Rakesh Tikait alleges betrayal by Centre says farmers should be ready for long struggle
Noida Jan 31 PTI Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday called on farmers to be prepared for a long struggle as he claimed that the Centre has betrayed them over issues related to the farming community He also demanded that the Centre must explain why no compensation has been paid to martyrs of the farmers protest or a committee formed to look into the issue of the minimum support price MSP for crops By betraying farmers of the country the government has rubbed salt into their wounds With this betrayal it is clear that farmers of the country should be ready for a long struggle the national spokesperson of the influential north Indian farmers union tweeted in Hindi His remark came as sections of farmers observed Betrayal Day on Monday on the call of the BKU and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha SKM a farmers collective which spearheaded the over a year-long protest at Delhis borders from November 2020 against the Centre Its a betrayal to farmers that the cases lodged during the protest have not been withdrawn the martyrs have not been given compensation there is no word on electricity bills no resolution to the notices of central agencies and cases The Centre should respond to this Tikait said in another tweet The protest on Delhis borders had started under the banner of the SKM over main demands of withdrawal of three contentious farm laws that were introduced by the BJP-led Centre The farmers who occupied key border points of Singhu Tikri and Ghazipur for over a year also demanded a legal guarantee of the MSP for crops The contentious farm laws were withdrawn by the Centre after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last year announced that these will be rolled back PTI KIS RDK RDK
Noida Jan 31 PTI Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday called on farmers to be prepared for a long struggle as he claimed that the Centre has betrayed them over issues related to the farming community He also demanded that the Centre must explain why no compensation has been paid to martyrs of the farmers protest or a committee formed to look into the issue of the minimum support price MSP for crops By betraying farmers of the country the government has rubbed salt into their wounds With this betrayal it is clear that farmers of the country should be ready for a long struggle the national spokesperson of the influential north Indian farmers union tweeted in Hindi His remark came as sections of farmers observed Betrayal Day on Monday on the call of the BKU and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha SKM a farmers collective which spearheaded the over a year-long protest at Delhis borders from November 2020 against the Centre Its a betrayal to farmers that the cases lodged during the protest have not been withdrawn the martyrs have not been given compensation there is no word on electricity bills no resolution to the notices of central agencies and cases The Centre should respond to this Tikait said in another tweet The protest on Delhis borders had started under the banner of the SKM over main demands of withdrawal of three contentious farm laws that were introduced by the BJP-led Centre The farmers who occupied key border points of Singhu Tikri and Ghazipur for over a year also demanded a legal guarantee of the MSP for crops The contentious farm laws were withdrawn by the Centre after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last year announced that these will be rolled back PTI KIS RDK RDK
