Farmer agitation against three farm laws may continue till December, says Rakesh Tikait

The Bhartiya Kisan Union-led farmer agitation against the three central farm laws may continue till December this year, the outfit national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday.

Tikait made the statement while talking to reports here after his recent visit to the poll-bund West Bengal.

“This agitation possibly will stretch up to November or December this year,” he said.

Talking about his Wes Bengal visit, Tikait said during their poll campaigning there, the central government people have been asking farmers to give them one feastful of rice.

“I have advised Bengal farmers to ask grain seekers to fix an MSP of Rs 1850 per quintal for paddy before giving them a single grain of rice,” Tikait told reporters here.He said after Bengal, he was planning



to visit other parts of the country to press for the enactment of a law guaranteeing an MSP for various crops.

“In Bihar, the paddy is currently being bought by traders at an abysmally low rate of Rs 750 to Rs 800 per quintal. I want a law guaranteeing the minimum support price for various crops,” said Tikait.

“These farm laws will ruin traders and lead to the closure of small business utilities and the collapse of small industries. These laws will bring in big multinational firms like Wallmart," claimed Tikait.

“Had this government belonged to a political party, it would have talked to farmers and resolved the matter,” Tikait said.

“But this government is being run by big business houses. It is bent upon selling the entire country,” he alleged.