Will ban politicians' entry in villages, if farmers stopped from reaching Delhi: Rakesh TikaitBhartiya Kisan Union National Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that if the government does not allow farmers to go to Delhi, th...
21 Feb, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
MSP should be first law in new parliament building: BKU leader Rakesh TikaitBhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has called for a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP) to be the first announcement from t...
18 Sep, 2023, 06.01 PM IST
Government wants to have me killed: Rakesh TikaitTerming the recent black paint attack on him in Karnataka a "well-planned" conspiracy, he alleged that there was also a plot to kill him wh...
04 Jun, 2022, 10.59 AM IST
Rakesh Tikait says black ink, deadly attack can't suppress farmers' voicesBharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has held the local police responsible for the episode and alleged that attack on him was in conn...
31 May, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
Black ink thrown at BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru; 3 detainedMiscreants on Monday threw ink on farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during an event organised by a farmers' organisation at the Gandhi Bhavan in ...
30 May, 2022, 05.49 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
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: MoS Teni demands fair probe, says ready to depose before any inquiry panelAddressing the reporters in Lakhimpur Kheri, Teni said, "Neither I nor my son was present at the spot when the violence broke out. Our car ...
04 Oct, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
'They want to follow Taliban': BKU-Bhanu chief slams Rakesh Tikait on Bharat Bandh"They (Rakesh Tikait) call themselves 'Kisan neta and then announce Bharat Bandh, which affects economy and farmers. How does it even benef...
27 Sep, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Farmers assured peaceful protest, but stones hurled at cops: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on police action in KarnalTalking to reporters in Karnal on Saturday evening after the meeting, Khattar said the protesting farmers had earlier assured the governmen...
29 Aug, 2021, 01.13 PM IST
Ghazipur border clash: BJP hatching conspiracy to flare up caste-based riots, says TikaitAccording to a statement released by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Tikait said the BJP workers showed black flags to the farmers' leader...
01 Jul, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
1000s of farmers reach Hisar to protest against FIR against around 350 of themThe farmers, who reached here from Hisar and many adjoining districts including Jind, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Karnal and Sonipat, gathered at Kran...
24 May, 2021, 07.21 PM IST
Farmer unions ready to discuss agri laws with Centre but it has to be about repealing those: TikaitAddressing a farmers' panchayat in Prem Nagar village in Haryana's Bhiwani district, he said the farmers have to carry on with their agitat...
29 Apr, 2021, 09.44 PM IST
Sangh teaches to attack, non-violent satyagraha makes farmers fearless: Rahul GandhiPolice in the stone pelting case have detained a student leader, who the Bhartiya Kisan Union claimed, belonged to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidy...
03 Apr, 2021, 01.45 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
Rakesh Tikait supports farmers' protest at MahapanchayatFarmers have been protesting against the new farm laws since November 26 last year on various borders of the national capital.
13 Feb, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
Artfully crafted performance, says Shashi Tharoor about Modi's emotional farewell to AzadParticipating in a discussion on former Vice President Hamid Ansari's book "By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life", Tharoor sai...
10 Feb, 2021, 10.37 PM IST
Rakesh Tikait cannot get away by shedding tears after tractor rally violence: K J AlphonsFarmers protesting against the laws at border points of Delhi faced criticism after the violence during their January 26 tractor rally. How...
05 Feb, 2021, 05.01 PM IST