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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. Share Via Email | A+A A- 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. ....
Attempts To Brand Farmers as 'Anti-National' Are Only Strengthening Their Solidarity thewire.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewire.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In western UP swept by farmer protests, all roads lead to Sisauli How the hometown of the Tikait brothers, their farmer union, and the khap system are running the Ghazipur protest on Delhiâs border. Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar.|Ayush Tiwari For two weeks now, Vedpal Singh has been having peculiar encounters. The 65-year-old resident of Sisauli town in Uttar Pradeshâs Muzaffarnagar is stopped by people during evening walks and handed money â anywhere between Rs 10 and thousands. Vedpal is the local president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, or BKU, which is leading the protests against the new farm laws in western Uttar Pradesh. ....
: Sunday, January 31, 2021, 11:27 PM IST Farmers Protest: In 1988, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait s father Mahendra Singh brought Rajiv Gandhi govt to its knees Twitter/@Kuldeepulela The farmers had been peacefully protesting against the Centre s contentious three farm laws at the Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders of the national capital for over two months. However, the protests took a violent turn when a group of farmers broke through police barricades and entered parts of Delhi not permitted for their Republic Day tractor rally. There were clashes between the protesters and cops. Some of them even stormed into the Red Fort, waved and hoisted the Nishan Sahib and farmer union flags from its ramparts. A protestor died after his tractor turned turtle, while several others were injured. ....
(This note has been written by Kasturi and translated by the Sanhati Collective) There are some things about Western UP that should be said at this juncture, to see things properly in their dialectical light. And to make sure that in the haste to construct heroes, we do not forget history. The first image that comes to mind is from 2013, in the wake of the Muzzaffarnagar mass killings. It is the image of a hundred murdered people, mostly non-Jat Muslims. And of 80,000 Muslims in a relief camp, small farmers and farmworkers who had been displaced and rendered homeless by the riots. Riding on the back of this massacre, Narendra Modi would go on to sweep UP and come to power in 2014. ....