BKU chief’s proposal: Stay laws till 2024
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BKU chief’s proposal: Stay laws till 2024
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MUZAFFARNAGAR: A day after announcing that the farmers’ protest “will go on”, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Naresh Tikait on Saturday proposed that the government put on hold the controversial agri laws till the end of its tenure and take back the FIRs registered against the protesters, reports Mohd Dilshad. “Principally, we want the laws to go. However, the government is adamant. We are ready for a compromise where neither wins or loses. As they have already suggested not to implement the laws for 18 months, they can extend it till 2024. They should also take back the FIRs registered against the protesters,” Tikait told TOI. He also justified his appeal during Friday’s mahapanchayat to the farmers not to leave for the Ghazipur site immediately. “It could have led to law and order problems,” he said. On his brother Rakesh Tikait’s keenness not to end the stir at the Delhi-UP border, he said, “I’ll speak to him and Sanyukt Kisan Morcha leaders. We’ll all discuss it. If the government agrees, then we can make farmers agree too.”
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The Times of India
Date
2021-01-31
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India