Farmers Movement Archive

Don’t destroy your crops, says BKU leader

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Saturday that his appeal to farmers to be ready to sacrifice their standing crop should not be taken literally. The appeal came after a farmer in Bijnor destroyed almost half his wheat crop. Mr Tikait said the appeal was made for an extreme situation. “The movement hasn’t reached that stage yet. Farmers should not take any drastic step in a huff,” he urged. In a video that went viral, Rohit Kumar, a young farmer from Kulchana villge in Bijnor, could be heard saying that he had destroyed his standing wheat crop to register his protest against the farm laws. Speaking over phone, Mr. Kumar said that he had run his tractor over six bigha s of 13 bigha s that were covered by the crop after listening to Mr Tikait’s speech, made during a panchayat in Hisar on Thursday.

The Hindu

2021-02-21

Ghaziabad