Rakesh Tikait slams govt says farmers would observe Betrayal Day on Monday
Noida Jan 30 PTI Alleging betrayal by the Centre Bharatiya Kisan Union BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday announced a country-wide observance of Betrayal Day on Monday over farm issuesThe national spokesperson of the influential north Indian farmers union claimed the over-a-year-long protest at Delhis borders was withdrawn on the basis of a letter of promises by the government on December 9 but those remain unfulfilledA nation-wide Betrayal Day will be observed on January 31 because of governments betrayal to farmers The movement was suspended on the basis of a letter given by the government on December 9 but those promises have not been fulfilled Tikait whose BKU is a part of the SKM said in a tweet in HindiThe protest on Delhis borders had started under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha a farmers collective in November 2020 over the main demands of withdrawal of three contentious farm laws that were introduced by the BJP-led CentreThe farmers who occupied key border points of Singhu Tikri and Ghazipur for over a year also demanded a legal guarantee for minimum support price MSP of cropsPrime Minister Narendra Modi had in November 2021 announced that the contentious farm laws would be rolled back leading to the protestors eventually vacating Delhi borders in December PTI KIS TIR TIR
Noida Jan 30 PTI Alleging betrayal by the Centre Bharatiya Kisan Union BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday announced a country-wide observance of Betrayal Day on Monday over farm issuesThe national spokesperson of the influential north Indian farmers union claimed the over-a-year-long protest at Delhis borders was withdrawn on the basis of a letter of promises by the government on December 9 but those remain unfulfilledA nation-wide Betrayal Day will be observed on January 31 because of governments betrayal to farmers The movement was suspended on the basis of a letter given by the government on December 9 but those promises have not been fulfilled Tikait whose BKU is a part of the SKM said in a tweet in HindiThe protest on Delhis borders had started under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha a farmers collective in November 2020 over the main demands of withdrawal of three contentious farm laws that were introduced by the BJP-led CentreThe farmers who occupied key border points of Singhu Tikri and Ghazipur for over a year also demanded a legal guarantee for minimum support price MSP of cropsPrime Minister Narendra Modi had in November 2021 announced that the contentious farm laws would be rolled back leading to the protestors eventually vacating Delhi borders in December PTI KIS TIR TIR
