Rakesh Tikait, Medha Patkar Share Stage in Nandigram, Ask People to Defeat BJP
The region has attained extra significance after Mamata Banerjee relinquished her Bhowanipore constituency to face-off against BJP s Suvendu Adhikari.
Rakesh Tikait, Medha Patkar and other leaders in Kolkata on March 13, 2021. Photo: Himadri Ghosh
Rights14/Mar/2021
Nandigram: Amid a political slugfest between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP over chief minister Mamata Banerjee getting injured last week in Nandigram, farm leader Rakesh Tikait, along with noted social activist Medha Patkar and many others addressed a mahapanchayat at the same venue on Saturday.
One overarching message given by the leaders under the umbrella organisation Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the protest at Delhiâs borders against the Centreâs farm laws, is âDefeat BJP. Donât vote for the BJP.â