Farmers Delhi Chalo protest: Why Rakesh Tikait is absent at main protest today?
Delhi Chalo' protest march, authorities have heightened security measures at the city's border areas by deploying multiple layers of barricades, concrete barriers, iron spikes, and container walls. Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, with over 200 unions heading, are marching towards Delhi on Tuesday.
Earlier, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha declared that over 200 farmer unions will mobilize towards Delhi to urge the government to fulfil their demands, such as implementing legislation to ensure a minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce. Also Read: Farmers Delhi Chalo Protest LIVE: Police fire tear gas to disperse protesting farmers at Shabhu border; several detained In the midst of renewed calls for protest, the notable absence of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has drawn attention.
Tikait played a pivotal role in the 2020 farmers' protest, which ultimately pressured the government to repeal three contentious farm laws. However, significant shifts have occurred within the farmers' unions since then.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha and Bharatiya Kisan Union, which were instrumental in leading the 2020 protest, are not prominently featured at the forefront of the current movement. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday joined the demonstrators in Greater Noida, where his Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members have been staging protests outside the local authority office.
Also Read: Farmers protest: Delhi airport issues advisory for commuters. See roads to avoid, alternate routes However, in a press conference, the General Secretary of BKU, Harinder Singh Lakhowal stated that while they do not endorse the decision of farmer organizations associated with the SKM
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