Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait
Amid farmers’ protest at Delhi borders towards the central farm legal guidelines, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait instructed farmers in Karnataka ought to organise a protest in the state related to that of Delhi and gherao Bengaluru from all sides.
Addressing a farmers’ assembly in Shivamogga on Saturday, Tikait mentioned a method has been made to snatch farmers’ land in the state.
“There are lakhs of people gheraoing Delhi. This fight will go on for a long. We need to start such protest in every city until these 3 black laws are taken back and the law on MSP is not brought. You need to run a protest in Karnataka. A strategy has been made to snatch your land. Big companies will do farming… Labour laws have been amended to employ cheap labour,” the BKU chief mentioned.
“You need to make a ‘Delhi’ in Bengaluru. You need to gherao Bengaluru (like Delhi) from all sides and people will come and join your protest… The Prime Minister said farmers can sell crops anywhere so you take your crops to offices of District Collector, SDM and if the police stop you, ask them to buy crops on MSP,” Tikait mentioned.
The BKU chief mentioned farmers want to protest towards the Central authorities’s determination of privatising PSUs.
“If this (farmers’) agitation is not held, then the country will be sold and you will lose your land in the next 20 years. You need to protest against these companies. Around 26 major PSUs are in process of privatisation. We need to take a pledge to stop this sale. We need to protest against this,” he mentioned.
Farmers have been protesting on the completely different border of Delhi since November final yr towards 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.
(With ANI inputs)
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