Read more about Protesters won t return home till agreement reached on farm laws: Tikait on Business Standard. It was not immediately clear if the remark made at a "mahapanchayat" here was a climb down from Tikait s earlier assertion that there will be no "ghar wapsi" unless the laws are withdrawn
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an “agreement” with them.
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an agreement with them.
On January 29, the union home ministry
suspended internet services at Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri, and adjoining areas where farmers protesting against the farm laws are camped to âmaintain public safety and avert public emergencyâ. Haryanaâs BJP government went a step further at Tikri, cutting water and power supply to the protest camp.
The water supply has since been restored at some places and the internet ban is expected to end tonight, but the camp remains without electricity.
At Bahadurgarh, the tailend of the protest camp, about 12 km from the Tikri border, farmers alleged that since Republic Day, when the policeâs attempt to stop the protesters marching into Delhi led to violence, the Manohar Lal Khattar government has been âterrorisingâ them.
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“The whole of Haryana is up in arms,” exclaimed Parveen Sarsod. The 27-year-old farmer from Sarsod village in Hisar district has been camping at Tikri, on the border with Delhi, where thousands of farmers have amassed to register their dissent against the Narendra Modi government’s farm laws, which they believe will skew agricultural markets in favour of large corporations.