Kisan Union Leader Rakesh Tikait Warns Farmers' Protests Will Go On For Indefinite Period

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the ongoing farmers' protest will go on for an indefinite period as there is no planning regarding the duration yet.

"Farmers' protest will go on for an indefinite period as there is no plan currently. It might continue till October," Tikait told ANI.

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Tikait's statement comes in wake of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leader Gurnam Singh Charni suggesting that the farmers' protest will continue till October.

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Agitation to go on until laws repealed

Tikait had earlier warned the farmers' agitation will not conclude unless the government repeals the three newly enacted agriculture laws and it may go on till October.

On Friday, he mentioned that the farmers do a protest every year on October 2 at the Ghazipur border.

"Tear shells and bullets were fired at the farmers on October 2, 2018, at the Ghazipur border. Every year we do a programme here at the Ghazipur border and will also do it this year," he said.

Asked about the debates in the Parliament on the farmers' issues, Tikait said it is good that the issue is being raised and debated in the Parliament.

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He further said there must be a genuine reason that the country's farmers are protesting for so long.

"The entire nation's farmers are on the streets protesting, there must be a reason for it. If the farm laws are not accepted by the farmers, then what is the compulsion of not repealing them?" Tikait asked.

He agreed with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark of 'Hum do hamare do' as he believed that it truly seemed like only four people were running the country.