Farmers Movement Archive

BJP can kill to win UP, Karnal officer has RSS links, says Tikait

Chandigarh: Farmer unionist Rakesh Tikait, who on Sunday claimed that ‘Sarkari Taliban’ had taken over the country, has now called the BJP "the most dangerous party, which could eliminate a senior Hindu leader in order to create a Hindu-Muslim divide for winning the Uttar Pradesh elections." Addressing a kisan mahapanachayat in Sirsa, Tikait also alleged that Karnal subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Ayush Sinha, who in a video was seen instructing the cops to "smash the head" of protesting farmers on Sunday, was linked to a senior functionary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of which the Bharatiya Janata Party is regarded as a political wing. "The BJP is the most dangerous party as of now," said Tikait, adding: "The real leaders who made this party have been put under house arrest," He minced no words in abusing the government and its representatives as "Sarkari Taliban in the Centre and the state". He said: "The SDM behind the Karnal lathi charge is nephew of a senior RSS functionary. The officer is the first commander of these Sarakari Taliban." On Prime Minister Narendera Modi’s target of doubling the farmers’ income by 2022, Tikait said: "He hasn’t clarified whose crop will benefit —the companies that take huge loans, declare bankruptcy, and get a pardon or the farmer whose land is auctioned if he defaults on loan? State election year 2022 is not far and the lies of PM Modi will stand exposed now." He also compared the price of stocked apple with the rates of the fruit procured from the farmers of Himachal Pradesh.

The Times of India

2021-09-01

Chandigarh