Clear messaging against candidates backed by ruling party
Describing a report in a national newspaper as misleading, Bhartiya Kisan Union national general secretary Yudhvir Singh on Tuesday denied that he had said: “BKU is not against BJP”.
Mr Singh’s alleged statement led to chatter in social media groups about whether the BKU would be able to sustain the farmers’ anger against the BJP and whether the Tikait brothers would put their weight behind those who could spoil BJP’s prospects in the upcoming panchayat polls in the Uttar Pradesh.
“What I meant was BKU is not a political organisation and we don’t tell people where to vote in a panchayat election. But I also said farmers could cast their vote for any candidate except for the BJP supported ones,” Mr. Singh said.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that the farmers’ protest will extend till October 2 and if the new farm laws will not be repealed by then, the farmers will decide their future course of action.
Addressing a meeting at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border after the three-hour ‘chakka jam’ that took place on Saturday and continued till 3 pm ended, he said that the protesting farmers will not return to their homes till their demands are met.