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Prolonged protests will hurt BJP s chances in next years assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Tikait claimed even as farmers held protests in various parts of Punjab, Haryana, and other states to mark six months of their agitation that started on November 26 last year.
UP Panchayat polls: BKU asks farmers to choose candidates other than BJP
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Thu, Apr 15 2021 9:42 IST |
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Agra, April 15 : The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has issued a statement asking people to choose any candidate, other than those from the BJP in the Panchayat elections that begin on Thursday.
A statement issued by the BKU general secretary read, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (united farmers front) is fighting against the anti-farmer policies of the Central government. We are going to the states where Assembly polls are being held and asking people not to vote for the BJP. Regarding the Panchayat elections in UP, we would like to state that BKU is a non-political organisation. We do not indulge in politics and do not appeal to people to vote for any party. We want people to vote for anyone except BJP-supported candidates.
“They are coming not to seek a fistful of rice but to seek votes. Make the (MSP) law and we farmers will give you one quintal of rice.”
One of the points on which the Samyukta Kisan Morcha an umbrella body leading the farmers’ protest is agitating is the absence of a law guaranteeing the MSP to farmers, apart from its demand for the repeal of the three new farm laws.
Tikait said one reason he addressed the meeting was Nandigram’s place in the history of farmers’ struggle. An anti-land-acquisition movement in Nandigram had helped end the Left’s 34-year rule in Bengal and lifted Mamata Banerjee to power in 2011.