Tag: Bhartiya Kisan Union

Rakesh Tikait alleges threat call, police probe on

The police are going through the call details record of the number which was used to threaten the leader.

March 28, 2022

Farm leaders hold meet on 2nd day of protest in Karnal

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav, Karnal-based BKU leader Jagdeep Singh Chaduni and some representatives of other farm unions have joined the meeting.

September 8, 2021

Rakesh Tikait defamed farmers by politicising issues for his self-interest: BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha national president and Lok Sabha member from Fatehpur Sikri, Rajkumar Chahar told IANS that he was fulfilling his political ambition by putting guns on farmers' shoulders.

September 6, 2021

UP to be the next stop for farmers’ agitation: Tikait

Rakesh Tikait said, "We are announcing Mission UP/Uttarakhand. Rallies and Maha panchayats will be organised in these states. We are also demanding that toll plazas should be made free for all".

July 26, 2021

Bhartiya Kisan Union threatens protests after cases registered against farmers for burning stubble

SP of Bagpat Pratap Gopendra Yadav confirmed that all 11 cases have been registered at Singhavli Aheer police station on charges of defying the High Court`s order according to which stubble burning is banned in order to check air pollution.

November 20, 2019

UP’s Bijnore farmers on ‘Jal Satyagraha’ demanding bridge

For a long time, Bijnore's Daibalgarh farmers have been demanding a bridge connecting their villages and fields to the other side.

August 25, 2019

Angry over payment delay, farmers weld BJP office, house of party MLA

Contradicting the claims of the UP government of prompt payment of sugar cane dues in the state, the farmers here have been protesting over the issue for past several months but they say that their issues have not been resolved yet.

March 6, 2019

Wives of protesting Bijnor farmers break Karwachauth fast by joining their husbands

The farmers even refused to give up their protest on the occasion of Karwachauth on Saturday as a consequence of which their wives decided to join them and celebrate the festival with their men.

October 28, 2018

BKU to launch stir if sugarcane crushing season does not start from Oct 25

Chandrapal Fauji has declared that the farmers would wait for 10 days and if their demands are not met, the entry of BJP leaders and workers would be banned in their villages.

October 22, 2018

Kisan Kranti Yatra | BKU lauds farmer who broke police barricade at Delhi-UP border with tractor

Narrating the entire incident to the gathering, Pradhan said the Delhi Police tried to stop farmers by using water cannons, firing rubber bullets, and using tear gas.

October 4, 2018

Police use tear gas, water cannons to stop farmer protest march to Delhi

The farmers' list of 21 demands includes implementation of the MS Swaminathan Commission report, unconditional loan waiver for farmers, clearing of dues by sugar mills, higher prices for crops, free electricity for farms and a cut in diesel prices

October 2, 2018

Farmers strike: Life normal, farmers stop milk, vegetable supply

Even as farmer unions in Punjab and Haryana joined a nationwide 10-day strike on Friday against alleged anti-farmer policies of the Centre, the life remained normal in both the states despite section of farmers stopping supply of vegetables, fruits, milk and other items to cities. On the first day of 10-day-long protest call by ‘Rashtriya...

June 1, 2018

Punjab farmer unions threaten indefinite stir

Even as Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday promised total implementation of his party’s election promise on farm debt waiver, the state’s farmer unions have termed the move a ploy to cheat them and warned of an indefinite protest from 22 March in Chandigarh. The state Assembly’s budget session starts from 20 March. The...

March 14, 2018

Ahead of civic polls, farmers to highlight govt’s failure

With less than one week left for the high stake civic polls in Punjab, the farmers are on the streets to highlight unfulfilled -poll promises made by Amarinder government in the state. The leaders of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) have decided to protest in front of all 77 Congress legislators in various districts and constituencies....

December 10, 2017

Marginal hike upsets sugarcane farmers

Punjab farmers have criticised the state government’s decision on Monday to hike sugarcane prices by just Rs 10, from Rs 300 to Rs 310 per quintal. They said the government’s move was only an eyewash as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were already giving much higher prices on sugarcane purchase. The Punjab government has fixed maximum...

November 27, 2017

Punjab farmers to approach NGT

After finding no solution by the state government to resolve the issue on stubble burning, the aggrieved farmers of Punjab have decided to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking revival of its decision restricting them from stubble burning. The farmer leaders have said that they will move to Delhi to appeal against NGT order...

October 3, 2017