Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader, Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said if the three new farm laws are not repealed, the farmers will march to the Parliament on 40 lakh tractors.
Speaking at a farmers’ rally in Sikar in Rajasthan, Tikait said, “Our next call will be for a march to Parliament. We will tell them before marching. This time it won’t be just 4 lakh tractors but 40 lakh tractors will go there if farm laws are not taken back.” He also demanded that a new law should be enacted ensuring minimum support price for farmers.
On February 18 at a maha panchayat at Kharak Punia in Haryana, Tikait had said the protesting farmers will take the agitation to the poll-bound West Bengal if the Centre does not concur with their demands against the new farm laws. He reiterated the claim the next day and said “Talks are going on taking out a tractor rally to West Bengal.”
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Earlier, farmers breached barricades at various Delhi borders on 26 January 2021 and started marching towards Delhi, after which violent clashes broke out during the parade. Several farmers and policemen were reportedly injured during the violence.
Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws – Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
(With ANI Inputs)