Repeal farm laws by Nov 26: Rakesh Tikait

New Delhi:  Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Monday said the Government has time till 26 November to repeal the farm laws, failing which farmers from across the nation will gather at Delhi protest sites in tractors. The ongoing farmers' protests at three border points in Delhi — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur — will complete one year on November 26.

“The Central Government has time till November 26. From November 27, farmers will reach the border at the movement sites around Delhi by tractors from villages and strengthen the tents at the movement sites”, Tikait tweeted. In his tweet, he did not mention whether November 26 is the deadline for the Centre to revoke the farm laws, or to invite farmers for the next round of talks.

This was his second warning to the centre in two days. On Sunday,  Tikait had warned the government that there would be consequences if



they tried to forcibly remove the protesters from the Delhi borders.

The BKU leader’s  comments come days after the  Delhi Police, last week, removed barricades and obstacles put up by it at the Ghazipur and Tikri borders, two of the three sites at which farmers have been protesting since November last year, Singhu border being the third. Tikait and his group have been agitating at the Ghazipur border.

The removal of barricades has triggered a wave of apprehension among protesting farmers of Haryana.  In a video message to the farmers later, BKU leader Gurnam Chaduni said, “The government has been trying to open the borders for the past many days. There is afra-tafri (chaos) among the people. There are talks that the government will get the roads cleared before Diwali. We would like to warn the government that it should not be mistaken.”