Rakesh Tikait To Tour 5 States From March 1 For Supporting Protesting Farmers

Farmer union leader Rakesh Tikait will be touring five states in March to drum up support for the ongoing farmers' protest against Centre's new farm laws, a Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) office-bearer said on Saturday.

Rakesh Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers' protest is all set to begin his tour from March 1, said the official

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"Farmers' meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, while two meetings will also be held in Uttar Pradesh in March," BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.

Two meetings will be held in Rajasthan and three in Madhya Pradesh. The last three meetings will be held on March 20, 21 and 22 in Karnataka, Malik said.

"One event is scheduled on March 6 in Telangana, but we have not got permission for it yet due to some election in the state. If permission is granted, the meeting in Telangana will be held as per schedule," he told PTI.

Thousands of farmers are camping at Delhi's border points at Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur since November with a demand that the Centre should repeal the contentious farm laws enacted in September last year and frame a new one guaranteeing the minimum support price (MSP) on crops.

Tikait is leading the protest at Ghazipur.

The government, which has held 11 rounds of formal talks with the protesting farm unions, maintains that the laws are pro-farmer.

With PTI Inputs