Rakesh Tikait, the 51-year-old Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader from the hinterlands of Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh, has welcomed the support from international artistes and activists, including Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, although admitting he does not know them.
Rakesh Tikait said the blockade will not be done in Delhi. (File)
Ghazipur:
Going firm on their demand for repeal of the new agri laws, hundreds of farmers spent another night in the cold and withstood spells of drizzle on Thursday at Ghazipur, their heavily-secured protest site at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, leading the stir in Ghazipur since November with his supporters, said the movement at Delhi s outskirts could continue till October this year and would be supported by villagers.
He also took a veiled jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the fortification of the protest sites at Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu as he shared with the press the details of the proposed February 6
Pilibhit, February 5
The mother and brother of a farmer, who died in a road accident near the Ghazipur protest site, have been booked along with another person for allegedly insulting the national fl
According to the flag code of India, draping the Tricolour in a civilian funeral is an offence. Representational image | Photo Credit: PTI
Pilibhit, UP: The mother and brother of a farmer, who died in a road accident near the Ghazipur protest site, have been booked along with another person for allegedly insulting the national flag after a video of his last rites here showed the body draped in the Tricolour, police said Friday.
According to the flag code of India, draping the Tricolour in a civilian funeral is an offence.
The farmer had gone to the farmers protest site on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and died in an accident near there, police said.