Rakesh Tikait accusing the federal government of attempting to divide the farmers.
Lucknow:
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait on Monday hit out on the authorities, accusing it of attempting to divide the farmers, and mentioned it ought to discuss to them to resolve their points or else “we’re not going away”.
The farmer chief additionally mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ought to give a transparent reply on the demand for a regulation guaranteeing Minimal Help Value (MSP) that he had “supported” when he was the chief minister.
“It took one 12 months for us to make them perceive. We mentioned our issues in our personal language however these sitting in shining bungalows in Delhi had one other language,” Mr Tikait mentioned, addressing a mahapanchayat referred to as by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM).
“They understood in a single 12 months that these legal guidelines are dangerous and took the legal guidelines again. They did the correct factor by withdrawing the legal guidelines however tried to divide farmers by saying that they didn’t make some folks perceive the legal guidelines. We’re some folks,” Mr Tikait mentioned.
He was referring to Prime Minister Modi’s apology whereas saying the choice on Friday to withdraw the three central farm legal guidelines in opposition to which the Samyukta Kisan Morcha was agitating.
Mr Tikait mentioned {that a} “sangharsh-vishram” (ceasefire) has been declared by the federal government and never farmers and that there are a lot of points earlier than the peasants.
“The wrestle will proceed. The federal government ought to discuss to farmers concerning the points associated to them or else we’re not going to go away. Conferences will probably be held everywhere in the nation and we’ll inform the folks about your work,” he mentioned.
Talks between the federal government and the agitating unions over the three farm legal guidelines have been stalled in January after practically a dozen rounds of discussions failed to interrupt the impasse.
Urging folks to affix the farmers’ motion, Mr Tikait mentioned, “They may entangle you all in Hindu-Muslim, Hindu-Sikh and Jinnah and can maintain promoting the nation.”
Regardless of the climbdown by the federal government, farmer unions mentioned on Sunday they may proceed their agitation until it begins talks with them on their six different calls for, together with a regulation guaranteeing MSP and the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra.
Mr Tikait mentioned farmers won’t get the correct charge of their produce by apology however by framing a coverage and contested the declare {that a} committee has been made for MSP.
He claimed that as chief minister of Gujarat, PM Modi was a part of a committee that had recommended to the then prime minister Manmohan Singh {that a} regulation guaranteeing MSP was required.
“The report of this committee is mendacity within the PMO. There is no such thing as a new committee required nor the nation has extra time,” Mr Tikait mentioned.
“Give a transparent reply, the prime minister should give a transparent reply earlier than the nation whether or not he’ll settle for the suggestion of the committee he was part of for MSP assure regulation,” he mentioned.
He additionally attacked the media saying that for the reason that previous three days they’ve solely been questioning the farmers.
“We now have many points together with the one associated to the farmers who misplaced their lives through the agitation,” he mentioned.
Among the many calls for made by SKM are, withdrawal of instances in opposition to farmers, constructing a memorial for the protesters who misplaced their lives through the agitation and withdrawal of the Electrical energy Modification Invoice.