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At the Forefront of Farmers Agitation, Can Rakesh Tikait Dent Saffron Hold in West UP?
Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses a press conference at Ghazipur border in New Delhi on December 10. (File photo/PTI)
The massive turnouts in the panchayats held in Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor and Meerut against the backdrop of the farmers protests have clearly raised concerns for the BJP and given new hope to opposition players like the RLD, Samajwadi Party and Congress.
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Till a day after Republic Day on January 26, the ongoing farmers agitation was not being seen as a significant threat to the Bharatiya Janata Party s political capital. The reason being the movement along Delhi s borders for over two months was primarily viewed as a protest by farmers of Punjab, the state where the BJP is a minor political force and had generally depended on its estranged ally Shiromani Akali Dal.
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Saddened : Haryana Chief Minister On Sikh Priest s Suicide Amid Protest Baba Ram Singh, 65, a priest at a Gurdwara in Haryana, allegedly shot himself last evening at the Delhi-Sonipat border at Kundli, two km from the Singhu border.
Updated: December 17, 2020 11:25 am IST
Baba Ram Singh, 65, allegedly shot himself last evening in a car at the Delhi-Sonipat border at Kundli.
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This is the first official reaction from BJP-ruled Haryana on the death
The priest allegedly shot himself last evening at the Delhi border
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A day after a Sikh priest supporting the farmer protests died by suicide at the Delhi-Haryana border, ML Khattar, the Chief Minister of Haryana, expressed grief, saying Baba Ram Singh dedicated his life to the service of people.
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