After celebrating the six-month anniversary of the farmer’s protest, BKU chief Rakesh Tikait has but once more given a name to accentuate the protests and known as upon the protesting farmers to be ‘ready with tractors.’
On Sunday, Tikait took to Twitter suggesting that the farmers should escalate their protest because the Centre is not going to bend all the way down to their calls for. “The government will not agree. Treatment is necessary. Keep your tractors ready. We will have to intensify the protest to save our lands,” he Tweeted.
सरकार मानने वाली नहीं है। इलाज तो करना पड़ेगा। ट्रैक्टरों के साथ अपनी तैयारी रखो। जमीन बचाने के लिए आंदोलन तेज करना होगा। #FarmersProtest— Rakesh Tikait (@RakeshTikaitBKU) June 20, 2021
From asserting protests outdoors all of the Raj Bhavans on June 26 to declaring that the protests might be on until 2024, Tikait has repeatedly saved the alleged farmers busy together with his frivolous threats and calls.
Mahapanchayat calls for clearing of Singhu Border
On the opposite hand, residents from a number of villages in Delhi and Haryana held a “Mahapanchayat” in Haryana’s Sonipat on Saturday, demanding the opening of the Singhu border, the elimination of barricades put up by the so-called farmer protestors and speedy halting of violence.
Haryana: Mahapanchayat underway at Sersa, Sonipat. People from 12 Delhi villages & 17 Haryana villages additionally right hereThey say, “We’ve 3 demands -open Singhu border from one side, there should be no violence & protesters should not put up barricades. We’ll meet Central & State govts” pic.twitter.com/4iHI2mnNel— ANI (@ANI) June 20, 2021
The villagers additionally knowledgeable that they’re prepared to fulfill the state and Central authorities to voice their calls for.
Centre prepared to speak
The Centre has but once more given a name to farmers to re-initiate talks. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in a video Tweet has not too long ago stated, “The Government of India is ready to talk to any farmer organization and anytime on the provisions related to the new agricultural laws. We welcome them…”
भारत सरकार नए कृषि कानूनों से संबंधित प्रावधानों पर किसी भी किसान संगठन से और कभी भी बात करने को तैयार है…हम उनका स्वागत करते हैं… pic.twitter.com/gv1FF9zU8i— Narendra Singh Tomar (@nstomar) June 18, 2021
He additionally advised that they’re able to conduct a gathering even at midnight to handle their grievances on the brand new farm legal guidelines.
Increase in crimes at protest websites
Meanwhile, there was a pointy enhance within the crime charge in and across the protest websites. We reported how a person named Mukesh (42)- resident of Kasar village in Bahadurgarh of Jhajjar district of Haryana had succumbed to burn accidents after farmer protestors allegedly set him ablaze on the Tikri border protest website on May 16.
His spouse Renu in an unique interview to OpIndia stated, “Agitators at Tikri border, they are not farmers but hardcore criminals. They are perpetually drunk and always under the influence of alcohol. It’s been a year, these people are not going from here. They have created chaos over here.”
Likewise, Tony Kumar, the Sarpanch of the village additionally forged doubts upon the intent of those folks, who’ve been protesting as farmers. Expressing his trepidation after the ghastly incident, Tony Kumar stated that previously, many villagers have come to him with complaints towards these protesting folks. Villagers complain that these farmers go to their fields to defecate, they molest and harass the ladies of the village.
Several incidents of assault and molestation too have been reported from these protest websites.