BJP MLA challenges Akhilesh to contest UP polls from Bairia, says will defeat SP chief by 1 lakh votesBJP MLA Surendra Singh also took a swipe at Tikait and said that the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader was doing politics because he recei...
01 Dec, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
Rakesh Tikait demands law to guarantee MSP to farmersIn Mumbai to participate in the 'kisan mahapanchayat' (farmers' mega conclave) at the Azad Maidan under the Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha...
28 Nov, 2021, 10.02 PM IST
Stir will continue till farmers' demands are met: Rakesh TikaitThe Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, approved days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement to repeal the three central farm laws, wil...
25 Nov, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
Ceasefire by govt and not farmers, says Rakesh Tikait demanding resumption of talks on MSP and other issuesBhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday hit out at the government, accusing it of trying to divide the farmers, and said ...
22 Nov, 2021, 06.19 PM IST
Withdrawal of cases, compensation for those who died in farm protests on agenda: TikaitFarmers have been protesting against the government's three farm laws since they were passed by the Centre in 2020, namely The Farmers' Pro...
21 Nov, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
Protest will end when farm laws repealed in Parliament: Rakesh TikaitThe BKU national spokesperson said this on Twitter soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced repealing the three farm laws, which w...
19 Nov, 2021, 03.49 PM IST
Fair probe into Lakhimpur violence not possible till Ajay Mishra is sacked: Rakesh TikaitAlleging that the investigating agency is going soft on Mishra's interrogation, Tikait termed the probe a 'guldaston wali puch-tach' (inves...
14 Oct, 2021, 09.51 PM IST
PM should express grief in Parliament over death of farmers during agri-law protests: Rakesh TikaitThe Centre, which has held 11 rounds of formal dialogues with the farmers, has maintained that the new laws are pro-farmer.
09 Oct, 2021, 07.36 PM IST
Govt being run by big corporates which is why they're not talking to us: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait"This agitation has been going on for nine months and the government has not held talks since January 22. We have repeatedly said that this...
27 Aug, 2021, 09.03 PM IST
Like West Bengal, efforts will be made in UP to create atmosphere against BJP: Rakesh TikaitTikait, who has been leading a farmers' agitation on Delhi's borders for the last seven months against three new farm laws of the Centre, s...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
From July 22 onwards, 200 people will hold protests near Parliament, says BKU's Rakesh TikaitWhile speaking to ANI, Tikait said, "If the Centre wants discussion on farm laws, we're ready for talks. But, if talks do not happen or rea...
10 Jul, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Will go to Kolkata, urge farmers to defeat BJP in polls, but will not support any party: Rakesh Tikait"I will go to Kolkata on March 13. The clarion call for a decisive struggle will come from Kolkata. We will talk to farmers there and urge ...
10 Mar, 2021, 08.18 PM IST
Farmers ready to continue protest on Delhi borders till Modi government lasts: Narendra TikaitFarm leader Mahendra Singh Tikait's son Narendra Tikait said his two brothers and the entire Tikait family would leave the protest if even ...
10 Mar, 2021, 12.12 PM IST
Farmers' protest: Rakesh Tikait holds show of strength, warns govt of 'gaddi wapsi' demandJust before Tikait was to begin his speech at the 'mahapanchayat' in Kandela village, the stage on which the farmer leaders had gathered co...
03 Feb, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
Jind mahapanchayat demands repeal of farm lawsFive resolutions were passed at the "mahapanchayat", including the demand to repeal the contentious farm laws, legal guarantee of the minim...
03 Feb, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
Former police constable to farm hero, Rakesh Tikait is the cynosure of many eyes, not just farmersBorn on June 4, 1969 in Sisauli village of Muzaffarnagar district in western Uttar Pradesh, Rakesh Tikait joined BKU after quitting the Del...
31 Jan, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Farmers to disrupt PM Narendra Modi's Yoga Day, block highwaysLucknow, which will be the centre of this year's Yoga Day programme with PM Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath participating in the event, i...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.32 PM IST