From Shamli protest in 1987 to Delhi borders now, Tikait s legacy lives on with diya, hookah, et al
The agitation outside a powerhouse in Shamli soon became over-three-lakh-farmers strong and established Baba Tikait as the most powerful farm leader of the region.
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Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait along with farmers leaders during the ongoing protest against the new farm laws at Ghazipur border. (Photo | Parveen Negi/EPS) By PTI
SISAULI: Ahead of a clarion call given by Mahendra Singh Tikait almost 34 years ago in April 1987 for farmers of Western Uttar Pradesh to protest against a proposed hike in power tariff, a diya was lit at his home here as a good omen and a hookah was set in the evening as per the routine.
Farm leader Mahendra Singh Tikait s son Narendra Tikait said his two brothers and the entire Tikait family would leave the protest if even smallest of any wrongdoing is proved against even a single family member.
Farmers ready to continue stir on Delhi borders till Modi govt lasts: Narendra Tikait PTI
Updated : Mar 10, 2021, 1:05 pm IST
Narendra said the Centre is under any misconception that it can cull the farmers protest like it has culled other agitations in the past
Legendary farm leader Mahendra Singh Tikait s son Narendra Tikait (L) along with other family members, at his residence in Sisauli village, Muzaffarnagar. (PTI/Vijay Verma)
Muzaffarnagar: Farmers are ready to stay put on Delhi borders to protest against three agri laws for the remaining three and half years of the Modi government s second term and the stir cannot be culled any which way the Centre tries, legendary farm leader Mahendra Singh Tikait s son Narendra Tikait says.
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New Delhi: Farmers block a highway to mark 100 days of their ongoing protests against new farm laws, along the Delhi-Haryana border near New Delhi, Saturday, March 6, 2021.
Farmers are ready to stay put on Delhi borders to protest against three agri laws for the remaining three and half years of the Modi government s second term and the stir cannot be culled any which way the Centre tries, legendary farm leader Mahendra Singh Tikait s son Narendra Tikait says. Narendra, who does not hold any official position in Bharatiya Kisan Union, formed by his father in 1986, and mostly focusses on the family s farming activities but is as vocal on issues concerning farmers as his two elder brothers Naresh and Rakesh Tikait who are leading from the front in the agitation that has been continuing for more than 100 days.