Farmers Movement Archive

Stress on need for programme to remove barricades, wire fencing

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has emphasised the need for chalking out a programme to remove barricades and barbed wire fencing that had become, according to him, a hindrance to agitating farmers. Addressing a large gathering of farmers who had gathered for the Raitha Mahapanchayat at the Municipal High School Grounds in Haveri on Sunday, Mr. Tikait said that there was a need for converting tractors of farmers into arms and ammunition for removing the barricades. Samyukta Kisan Morcha, Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha Mattu Hasiru Sene and Aikya Horata had jointly organised the mahapanchayat. Mr. Tikait said that 2021 would be the year of agitation and movement and there was a need for launching the agitation to protect crops and small land holdings of farmers. Mr. Tikait said that the Union government had become a puppet of the corporate companies. He also gave a call for launching a movement to protect the 26 public sector undertakings which were now on the verge of being privatised. Several leaders from farmers organisations, including Chukki Nanjundaswamy, Kurubur Shanthakumar and Siddanagouda Patil, and others were present.

The Hindu

2021-03-23

HUBBALLI,KARNATAKA