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Rakesh Tikait threatens to burn crops if govt insists on ending protests

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‘Farmer’ chief Rakesh Tikait at present whereas addressing a rally in Punia, Haryana, threatened that if the federal government insists on farmers ending the protests, the farmers will set the crops on hearth.
Crops’ costs aren’t elevated, however gasoline costs have gone up. If Centre ruins the scenario, we’ll take our tractors to West Bengal as properly. Farmers not getting MSP there additionally: BKU’s Rakesh Tikait in Kharak Punia, Haryana pic.twitter.com/nggxhoQ2ig— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2021
He warned that the central authorities shouldn’t be below any false impression that the ‘farmers’ protesting at numerous borders in Delhi will return for harvesting the crops. He added that if the federal government insists that they return, they may set the crops on hearth.
He additional threatened that if the federal government ‘ruins’ the scenario, they may take the tractor rally to West Bengal, which matches for state meeting elections in few months’ time. Attacking Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal authorities, he claimed farmers aren’t getting MSP (minimal assist value) there both. Agriculture is a state topic.
The protesting ‘farmers’ carried out a tractor rally on twenty sixth January 2021 when the official Republic Day parade was on. The rally turned violent after the ‘farmers’ took to rioting and attacked police with swords and tried to mow them down intentionally. The rioting ‘farmers’ then took siege of the Red Fort and unfurled numerous flags.