18 April 2021
People wait to cast their votes during the panchayat elections in Kunvarpur village in Uttar Pradesh on 15 April 2021. The 2021 Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections can set the tone for the 2022 assembly elections. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
People wait to cast their votes during the panchayat elections in Kunvarpur village in Uttar Pradesh on 15 April 2021. The 2021 Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections can set the tone for the 2022 assembly elections. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
Muzaffarnagar is among 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh that will go to polls on 19 April as a part of the ongoing panchayat elections in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party has been electorally successful in Muzaffarnagar for a few years its members represent the district in the parliament and the assembly, and even the incumbent
Farmers haven t left protest sites : Rakesh Tikait s reminder to Modi government
Farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, have been protesting at the Delhi border for over four months now against the Centre s three agri marketing laws.
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Farmers raise slogans during a panchayat on the National Highway-9, near Ghazipur in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
AHMEDABAD: Refuting claims that farmers have left protest sites along the Delhi border, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said they had gone to the fields to work and would return when the Central government was free from West Bengal elections .
Farmers protest against ‘attack’ on Tikait’s convoy
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Over 100 bikers from western U.P. join the agitation
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Over 100 bikers from western U.P. join the agitation
Farmers of western Uttar Pradesh held a mahapanchayat at Ghazipur border on Sunday after Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait’s convoy was allegedly attacked in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Friday.
Naresh Tikait held the mahapanchayat as Rakesh Tikait was in Gujarat to strengthen their movement against the farms laws.
A large group of bikers from Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh arrived at the Ghazipur border in support of farmers. More than 100 bikers wearing black bands to mark their protest against farm laws reached the border.
Rakesh Tikait Son of revolutionary farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait, Rakesh Tikait is a Delhi Police constable-turned-politician from Uttar Pradesh, who has become a leader in spearheading the farmers protests. He is the spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). Born in the Sisauli town of Muzaffarnagar, UP, Rakesh Tikait is the younger brother of BKU National President Naresh Tikait. The brothers came into prominence when in November 2020, BKU joined the farmers protesting farm Bills passed by the central government. Later, Delhi Police filed an FIR against Naresh Tikait for the alleged role in violence on Republic Day, and Rakesh Tikait becoming the frontrunner in leading the farmers against the government s farm laws and demanding farmers rights.