September 24, 2024

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The Gujarat tour of Rakesh Tikait turns into a flop present, gathers solely 100 or so folks

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The months-long protest towards the central authorities’s three farm legal guidelines spearheaded by Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait appears to be dying its pure demise. His newest two-day go to to Gujarat on April 4 and 5 obtained an especially tepid response with solely a handful of individuals attending his two days scheduled program, reviews DeshGujarat.
The new report says that on the primary day of his scheduled go to to Ambaji and Palanpur, solely 100 odd folks had been current throughout the occasion and that too principally onlookers.
Tikait fails to evoke response on first day of his Gujarat tourhttps://t.co/kGVt2RCHfp pic.twitter.com/gUJvceHvs7— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) April 4, 2021
Attempts to achieve public consideration failed
Apart from this, Tikait was additionally left embarrassed when his different farce additionally didn’t work in his favour. Ahead of his entry in Gujarat, the BKU chief had made a serious hue and cry, claiming that the BJP authorities in Gujarat wouldn’t enable him to enter the state. Before embarking on his journey, Tikait had reportedly proven his passport to the media individuals and claimed that regardless of being an Indian citizen, the BJP authorities would impede his entry into the state.
However, this drama additionally backfired. DeshGujarat reported that the BJP authorities within the state was so disinterested and nonchalant about his scheduled go to that he was allowed clean entry by way of the interstate verify put up of Abu Road, Ambaji. In reality, the state authorities additionally organized police piloting for his convoy.
During the go to, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief threatened to start out a farmers’ tractor agitation in Gujarat and mentioned the time has come to gherao the state capital Gandhinagar and in addition break barricades if wanted. Tikait claimed farmers in Gujarat had been sad and struggling.
Tikait’s go to to Gujarat was introduced in a press convention on March 26 this 12 months in Ahmedabad referred to as by numerous farmers’ rights organisation of the state.
Rakesh Tikait has been the face of the continued farmer’s agitation. He has been making an attempt his finest to take advantage of the protest to kick begin his political profession. For the uninitiated, the FIR filed by Delhi police to probe a bigger conspiracy and felony design behind the violent tractor rally on January 26 in Delhi, talked about Bharatiya Kisan Union(BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait for spearheading and inciting the mob that wreaked havoc in Delhi.
A video of Tikait asking protesters to hold sticks, flags throughout the tractor rally had gone viral on the web. But because the tractor rally carried out by protesters devolved into chaos and disarray, with protesters resorting to violence and vandalism, Tikait refused to shoulder the duty of the violence and pushed the blame on the Centre and the Delhi Police for the Republic Day disruption.
In an interview on the Hindi information channel Aaj Tak in February 2021, the BKU chief had inadvertently admitted to his international hyperlinks. Tikait confirmed that the organisation he’s related to has its branches in 73 international locations and he has an alliance with the Indian department.