Bharatiya Kisan Union Rakesh Tikait shows his passport outside the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union Rakesh Tikait pays tribute at Mahatma Gandhi’s statue during a visit to the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad.
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National President of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Naresh Tikait addresses a farmers' panchayat on the National Highway-9, near Ghazipur in New Delhi.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait celebrates Holi with farmers, during their ongoing protest against the farm laws, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait along with his family members during 'Holika Dahan', amid farmers' ongoing protest against farm laws, in New Delhi.
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BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait during the public meeting 'Rajasthan Kisan Mahapanchayat' at Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium in Jaipur.
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BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait stages a protest against Centre's farm reform laws, at Freedom Park in Bengaluru.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait (C), farmer leaders Darshan Pal (3R), YudhVeer Singh (4R) and others during 'Kisan Mahapanchayat', in Shivamogga.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait speaks to media upon his arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport, in Bhubaneswar.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait speaks to media outside Andhra Pradesh Bhavan, in New Delhi.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait greeted by party workers on his arrival in Prayagraj.
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Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during a public meeting organised by West Bengal Kisan Mahapanchayat at Nandigram in East Medinipur.
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NBA leader Medha Patkar, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait along with leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha during 'Mahapanchayat' under Gandhi statue, in Kolkata.
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BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait during 'Samyukt Kisan Morcha's Mahapanchayat' under Gandhi statue, in Kolkata.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses the 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' at Sikanderpur in Ballia district.
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BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait plays 'Chanda Melam' with protestors from Kerala during an agitation against new farm laws, at UP Gate in New Delhi.
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BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait drives a tractor during a tractor rally against farm reform laws, in Muzaffarnagar.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait pays tribute on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti at Ghazipur border, during the ongoing farmers' protest against agri laws, ...
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Bharatiya Kisan Union President Naresh Tikait wearing a turban plays 'dhol' during an agitation against the new farm laws and observe 'Pagdi Sambhal Jatta' day in the memory of Sar...
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BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait talks to an elderly farmer during a medical check-up at Ghazipur border amid farmers' protest against Centre's agri-laws, in New Delhi.
Most farmer leaders have claimed that there are no reports of Covid-19 cases at protest sites and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has reiterated his refusal to move out.
Addressing BKU supporters who have been camping at Ghazipur for nearly four months now, Tikait said, 'This movement will continue for long, make it a part of your routine'.
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait made the remark while speaking in Uttar Pradesh’s Ramrajn town on the occasion of protesting farmers marking 100 days of their agitation
Tikait also stressed that it is the government that will have to come forward with a proposal to resume talks over the bills with the protesting farmers.
Besides multiple railway stations across Punjab and Haryana, the 'rail roko' protest was also staged at different places in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka, among others.
As he addressed the third Mahapanchayat in a week in Haryana, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait condemned the 'andolan jivi' remark made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
First, they targeted those from Punjab, the Sikhs. Then they spread canards about farmers from Haryana, then it was the turn for those from western Uttar Pradesh, says Rakesh Tikait
A seemingly imploding agitation against three contentious laws found a new lease of life after a teary appeal from Jat farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. What next for the farmers who have vowed to carry on till the laws are repealed? The face-off with the government just got more intense.
The cohesive farmers’ protests are traduced by the chaotic violence on January 26. But those who led men astray cannot really stand for a truly citizens’ movement.
NH44…London, Sydney, California. The farm protests of 2020 are far more inclusive, pan-India, even global—than those of the 1940s and ’80s. Only constant: the State’s betrayal.