Will hold meeting with farmers in Kolkata on March 13: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

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New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday (March 7) stated he would hold a meeting with farmers on March 13 in Kolkata.

“We are going to Kolkata on March 13. We will speak with farmers there about their concerns and ask if their produce are being bought at MSP or not,” Tikait stated interacting with reporters whereas visiting Bala Sahib Dialysis Hospital in Delhi.

“The government has gone to Kolkata. They will return in one and a half month. We are also going there. We will meet the government there only,” he added.

When requested in regards to the stalemate between farmers and the Centre even after greater than 100 days, Tikait stated that the federal government, ultimately, should pay heed to farmers` points.

Speaking in regards to the hospital he stated it’s a free-of-cost hospital for kidney dialysis for the poor and is totally funded by the Sikh neighborhood.

Farmers have been protesting on the completely different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 in opposition to the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines – 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.





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