Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh on Tuesday visited Muzaffarnagar’s Soram, where Union minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan’s men had allegedly attacked villagers a day earlier, and demanded action against those behind the assault.
Balyan, the Union minister of state for animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries, struck back hours later, accusing the RLD of “vitiating the atmosphere”, linking those behind the Red Fort chaos on Republic Day with those who “resorted to violence” in Soram and alleging a conspiracy against him.
Balyan’s ploy of inviting himself to farmers’ family events to counter a Bharatiya Kisan Union call to boycott BJP members over the farmers’ struggle had sparked a clash on Monday, leaving four villagers hospitalised and triggering the gherao of a police station. Residents of Soram in western Uttar Pradesh had said Balyan’s “goons” and policemen had used sticks to thrash villagers protesting his visit.
When Naresh Tikait, the national president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, reached the Ghazipur border to meet farmers agitating against the three farm laws on Tuesday, he was given a traditional welcome with drum beats.
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BKU president Naresh Tikait accused the BJP-led central government of being “stubborn” over the three new farm laws.
Bharatiya Kisan Union president Naresh Tikait on Wednesday called Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a âcaged parrotâ and said the farmersâ issues could be resolved if he is given the freedom to talk with them.
He accused the BJP-led central government of being âstubbornâ over the three new laws, which farmer unions want repealed. The protesting farmers too are not ready to go back on their demands, he said.
âThe government has made Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a caged parrot ( pinjre ka tota ). msp If he is given the freedom to talk to farmers, I can guarantee that there would be a decision and the BJPâs prestige will also remain intact,â he said.
BARABANKI: Bharatiya Kisan Union president Naresh Tikait on Wednesday called defence minister Rajnath Singh a “caged parrot” and said the farmers issues could be resolved if he is given the freedom to talk with them.
He accused the BJP-led central government of being “stubborn” over the three new laws, which farmer unions want repealed. The protesting farmers too are not ready to go back on their demands, he said.
“The government has made defence minister Rajnath Singh a caged parrot ( pinjre ka tota ). If he is given the freedom to talk to farmers, I can guarantee that there would be a decision and the BJP s prestige will also remain intact,” he said.