Farmers Will Go Back If Centre Agrees To All Our Demands By Jan 26: Tikait

Mumbai: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said the farmers protesting against farm laws would end their agitation if the government fulfils all their demands by January 26.

Tikait said that though the prime minister has announced the repeal of three agriculture laws, the farmers want a guarantee of compensation along with MSP for the deaths of 700 farmers during the one-year protest.

“If the government has announced the repeal of agriculture laws then they can bring a law for that but MSP and death of more than 700 farmers are also our issues, the government should discuss it. If the Centre fulfils our demands by January 26, 2022, we will withdraw the protest and return to our homes.  Will discuss elections after the code of conduct has been imposed,” the BKU leader told ANI.

Apart from BKU, the SKM has put forward six demands before the government. Besides the legal guarantee of minimum support price, farmers are demanding the removal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, whose son is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, withdrawal of cases against farmers, construction of memorials for those who lost their lives. are. are demanding. Electricity Amendment Bill moves during agitation and evacuation.

Meanwhile, Rakesh Tikait announced on Tuesday that as many as 60 tractors will head to Parliament in the national capital as part of a tractor march, which will be organised by farmer unions on November 29 (to coincide with the beginning of the winter session of Parliament), to press for their demand for a statutory guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

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