Farmers Movement Archive

Godowns of corporates will be pulled down by public: Tikait

Jaipur: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait while addressing a Kisan Mahapanchayat at Gharsana Mandi in Ganganagar said, “Godowns set up by the big corporates will be pulled down by public if these are not acquired by the Central government”. He also said, “This is an ideological movement and change will happen through ideas and not with the help of guns.” “The corporates are setting up big godowns. If the Central government doesn’t acquire these godowns, people will pull them down. That day is not far away. 2021 will be a year of ‘andolan’. There won’t be ‘ghar wapasi’, if there’s no ‘kanoon wapsi’. When a crowd gathers, it can topple the government. They lied about farmers reaching the Red Fort. If farmers had to go, they would have marched towards the Parliament, where laws are being enacted,” said Tikait, who started his speech with the slogan “Waheguruji Ka Khalsa Waheguruji Ki Fateh”. “The government will spread a lot of wrong information. You will have to be cautious. First, they said it is an agitation of Punjab and the Sikhs, and then they said it is an agitation of Haryana and a particular community. They will only try to divide us and weaken the movement. This is a movement to protect our foodgrains. This agitation is not run by party funding,” he said. “The government is not ready to concede to our demands, which means the agitation will continue for a longer period. Earlier, there was a demand for loan waiver, now a campaign will run to drive out the ‘looteras’ of the country,” added Tikait.

The Times of India

2021-02-27

Jaipur