Tractors will again enter Delhi, new mandi will be opened in parliament: Rakesh Tikait
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait on Saturday mentioned in Nandigram that tractors will again enter Delhi the day a choice is taken by Samyukt Kisan Morcha and “a new mandi will be opened in Parliament”.Talking to reporters at Nandigram, which is a key battleground in the West Bengal elections, Tikait accused the BJP-led authorities of working in the curiosity of 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,” he mentioned.
“Are tractors to be brought on hire? Tractors are the same, the men are the same. The day Samyukt Morcha decides, a new mandi will be opened. The next target will be parliament. Delhi should listen with ears open. Who will stop tractors?” he requested.
Tikait mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged farmers can promote their crops exterior the mandi.”I really feel mandi in parliament will be the very best. Trader sitting inside, farmer exterior. There will be buy positively,” he mentioned.Tikait had earlier appealed to voters of Nandigram to not vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the meeting polls.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha held a ‘mahapanchayat’ in Kolkata towards the three new farm legal guidelines enacted by the Centre.Delhi had witnessed violence throughout the tractor parade on the decision of farmer unions on January 26. Tractors had entered the nationwide capital violating the settlement on the route of the tractor march.
Nandigram will witness essentially the most high-profile contest of West Bengal elections with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee taking up her former ministerial colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined BJP in December final yr.Adhikari had earlier mentioned that BJP will defeat Banerjee by over 50,000 votes from Nandigram.
Elections to the West Bengal meeting will be held in eight phases ranging from March 27 to April 29. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
Farmers have been protesting at totally different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 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 PTI inputs)
