Keypoints:
- BKU leader said that they have planned to stay at the borders atleast till October 2 if the farm laws are not repealed.
- They said they will not compromise on the demands.
- Farmers said they will go home only after the government repeals the contentious legislations.
“Nobody can touch the farmlands, the farmers will protect it. Both farmers and soldiers should come forward for it,” Tikait said.
On Saturday, farmers leader Rakesh Tikait said that the protestors demanding the rollback of contentious agri-marketing laws on Delhi’s outskirts will stay put till October 2 and there will not be any compromise on the demands.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader said that the farmers will return home only after the government repeals the contentious legislations and make a law ensuring legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP).
Since late November, Tikait is campaigning with his farmer supporters on a stretch of the Delhi-Meerut highway. He said that, “If the government is understanding this, then talk to farmers. Make a law on the MSP, take back the three laws, only then will farmers return to their homes.”
“We will sit here till October 2,” he added.
Having a word with the press, he claimed a few inputs had been received regarding some miscreants “trying to disrupt peace” during the “chakka jam” that was announced for 12 pm to 3 pm on Saturday.
“Because of these inputs, we had decided to call off the ‘chakka jam’ in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand,” the 51-year-old Tikait, credited with reviving the farmers’ stir, said.
“Those joining farmers protest are getting police notices. But those who joined violence in Ayodhya were not sent any notice. How many people were there? Who take guarantee for that and why was the mob not stopped there,” he said.
“Your land will provide you employment. Do not be misguided that businessmen will provide you jobs. They will usurp you land. They will take your land for contract farming at hiked rates but do not lease it to them. Don’t give your land,” he said.
“Nobody can touch the farmlands, the farmers will protect it. Both farmers and soldiers should come forward for it,” Tikait said.
The BKU leader appealed to farmers not to get involved in contract farming.Tikait said protests will be held at police stations in the areas where notices are being served on people who participated in the stir.
Amid a stringent security set up installed around the Ghazipur protest site, the farmer leader, flanked by his supporters, also interacted with Delhi Police officials.
