New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait mentioned in Nandigram, West Bengal on Saturday (March 13) {that a} “new mandi will be opened in Parliament” and that tractors will enter Delhi once more.
In his interplay with mediapersons, Tikait, slamming the Centre, accused it of working for the advantages of huge corporates.
“The day Samyukt Morcha decides, a new mandi will be opened at Parliament. The crops will be sold at the minimum support price (MSP). Tractors will again enter Delhi. The 3.5 lakh tractors and 25 lakhs farmers are the same. The next target will be to sell crops at Parliament,” Tikait was quoted as saying by ANI.
“I feel the mandi in parliament is the best. The farmer is outside and trader is outside, there will be purchase definitely,” he added.
While addressing the general public in Nandigram, a key battle floor in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, the farmer leader urged individuals to not vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and as an alternative solid votes for a candidate who can defeat BJP. Nandigram will witness neck-and-neck contest between TMC supremo and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from the constituency.
He had additionally accused the saffron occasion of ‘conspiring’ to injure West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Earlier, Tikait had informed the reporters in Delhi that he will be going to Kolkata and meet the federal government there solely. “The authorities has gone to Kolkata. They will return in one and a half month. We are additionally going there. We will meet the federal government there solely.”
Addressing one other assembly earlier in Kolkata, Tikait attacked the Centre and claimed that the federal government is run by massive corporations and never any political occasion. These farmers protests must be held throughout the nation, in each district, he added.