Farmers Movement Archive

Tikait threatens tractor agitation in Gujarat

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday threatened to start a farmers’ tractor agitation in Gujarat. Talking to reporters outside Sabarmati Ashram, Mr. Tikait said farmers in the State were unhappy. Hundreds of farmers have been camping at Delhi’s borders since November last year against the Centre’s three agriculture laws. The farmers took out a tractor rally in Delhi on January 26. “Farmers will conduct an agitation in Gujarat using their tractors. Time has come to gherao Gandhinagar and block roads. If needed, we will have to break barricades too,” Mr. Tikait said. The BKU leader is on a two-day tour of Gujarat since Sunday to campaign against the Centre’s three farm laws. On the second day of his visit, Mr. Tikait, accompanied by former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram. He said, “Farmers are suffering because there is no agitation here. There is no backing from courts. Farmers are compelled to say they are happy and making profit. Please give us that technology which is helping Gujarat’s farmers to reap benefits.” He claimed farmers of Banaskantha are compelled to sell potatoes at Rs. 3 per kg.

The Hindu

2021-04-06

Ahmedabad