Farmers will uproot each nail put up by Centre: Tikait

Speaking to ETV Bharat, BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said that the protesting farmers will not leave Delhi till they uproot each nail put up by the Centre to stop them. He reiterated that the agitation will not be stopped unless the three farm laws are repealed and a law brought in to guarantee MSP.

Alwar (Rajasthan): Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday warned the Centre over the three farm laws, making it clear that the protesting farmers would not leave Delhi till the three contentious farm laws are repealed and a law brought in to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP).

Tikait was in Rajasthan's Alwar to address a kisan panchayat. Such panchayats are being held across northern states to muster support for the ongoing farmers' stir.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Tikait said that the farmers will leave Delhi only after uprooting each nail installed by the government to stop them.

He reiterated that the protesters will no turn back unless all the three farm laws are completely repealed and another law brought in to guarantee MSP on crops.

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The farmer leader further alleged that the government was trying to discredit the farmers' stir. "If the farmers reached the Red Fort, have they started their rule there?" Tikait said, referring to the incident of protesters hoisting their own flag on the ramparts of the Red Fort on Republic Day.

On allegations that his involvement in the movement was only for his own political gains, Tikait said that he was only participating in the protest for the good of the farmers. "I am fighting only for the farmers, am I contesting elections?" he asked.

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