Farmers Movement Archive

BJP responsible for attack on convoy: Rakesh Tikait

ALWAR: Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s convey was attacked by Kuldeep Yadav, a former student union president of Raj Rishi Bhartrihari Matsya University (RRBMU), at Tatarpur Circle, Bansur Road in Alwar on Friday. Police confirmed that no one was injured in the attack and Tikait’s car was a few kilometre away from the spot when it took place. Tatarpur police have registered an FIR in the case and detained Yadav and others by the Tatarpur police station till the last report came. Yadav won the post of RRBMU student union president as an independent candidate in 2019. Tikait, while talking to media persons after the incident in Bansur, held BJP responsible for the attack on his convey. “The local BJP leaders were behind the attack on the convoy. The attackers pelted stones, damaged windowpanes, thrown ink, tried to snatch the gun from security personnel and showed black flags to us. It has made our resolve stronger and will continue to fight until three farm laws scrapped,” said Tikait. Following the attack, Jaipur-Delhi Highway was blocked for two hours by the Tikait supporters. The traffic on the busiest highway come to a grinding halt with a queue of vehicles lined up for kilometres The blockade was lifted only after senior police assured them of quick action on the accused. Heavy police were deployed at the Mahapanchayat area in Bansur to avert any untoward incident Bhiwadi SP Ram Moorthy Joshy told TOI that incident happened when Tikait and his aides were heading from Harsoli to Bansur for a Mahapanchayat at 4pm. “Their convoy was chased by a group of students holding banners and posters calling Tikait anti-national. They pelted stones on the convoy. However, Tikait car was far ahead of the group of students. The incident followed by a scuffle between students and farmers,” said Joshy. He said police have detained four persons in connection with the attack on the convoy. “Our teams have been rushed to arrest the accused who were identified by us.” Reacting to the incident, Alwar MP Baba Balak Nath said that the attack has nothing to do with the BJP. “The allegations levelled by Tikait is far from reality. Protest is an integral part of a healthy democracy. Everyone has a right to do and violence has no place in society. I condemn the attack on farmer leader Rakesh Tikait,” said Nath.

The Times of India

2021-04-03

Jaipur