Farmers agitation will not end before October, says Rakesh Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said the slogan of the protesting farmers is 'kanoon wapsi nahi, to ghar wapsi nahi' (no returning unless the farm laws are rolled back). Speaking further, Tikait said the agitation will not end before October. "This agitation will not conclude before October, it will not end anytime soon," he said. Tikat's statement came soon after his meeting with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who paid a visit to Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, where he met protesting farmers to express his



solidarity.

Commenting on Raut's visit, Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said, "There's no problem if Opposition is coming to support us but it should not be politicised. We can't do anything if leaders come."

"The traffic movement has not been blocked by farmers, it is because of the police barricading," Tikait added.

Previously leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal, Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, among others, visited Ghazipur, which has become the camping ground for BKU-led protestors for over two months now.