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1 LIMITATION: Rakesh Tikait (left) possibly lacks the organisation, cadre and resources to set up the BKU as an autonomous political entity. PTI
Radhika Ramaseshan
Senior Journalist
OVER two months after the farmers’ protests began at Delhi’s borders, the incipient signs of a more direct engagement between the political Opposition and the agitators are showing up. The Opposition stepped out of the breathless and bizarre microcosm of Facebook and Twitter to set its foot on terra firma, and check out the travails of people who braved the cold and rain and are living without water and electricity. The Opposition’s forays into ground zero might not yield anything tangible. It is unlikely to pressure the Centre to resume a dialogue with the farmers, considering that the government refused to accede to the Opposition’s demand for a separate discussion on the issue in the ongoing Parliament session. But the initiative opens up the prospect of a partnership between a civ