Rakesh Tikait
- India
Wrestlers’ battle turning into face-off between khaps & seers in UP
Lucknow: The ongoing battle between Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and the country’s top grapplers is now turning into a face-off between Ayodhya seers and khap…
- Bangalore
Karnataka activist who attacked Tikait with ink gets threats, lodges complaint
Bengaluru: A Karnataka activist who threw ink at Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait in May last year, has lodged a police complaint after receiving threats on social media warning him…
- India
BKU creates dress code for its members
Aligarh: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) activists will now wear uniforms. BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has asked its members to keep their identity separate from other farmers’ outfits by following a dress…
- India
Tractor-trolley travel ban aimed at scuttling farmers’ agitation: Rakesh Tikait
Pilibhit: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday opposed the Uttar Pradesh government’s move to ban tractor trolleys’ use for public transport, saying the decision was an attempt to scuttle movement of farmers,…
- India
BJP wants to rule entire country, weakening all political parties using ‘money power’: Tikait
Bahraich (UP): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday alleged that the BJP was weakening all political parties using money power so that it can rule the country all alone.…
- India
Ghaziabad: Plaint against Ajay Mishra over remarks against Tikait, farmers
Ghaziabad: A farmer has lodged a complaint with police here against Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra for making “disparaging” remarks against farmers and their leader Rakesh Tikait. Naresh Yadav, a resident of…
- India
Delhi police detains Rakesh Tikait on way to Jantar Mantar protest
New Delhi: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait was Sunday detained by the Delhi Police while entering the national capital to participate in a protest against unemployment in the country. A Delhi Police official said…
- India
UP: After officials’ assurance, Lakhimpur Kheri farmers call off protests
Lakhimpur Kheri: A farmers’ agitation seeking the removal of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and a law guaranteeing MSP among other demands, was called off on Saturday after top district officials met the…
- India
Rakesh Tikait asks farmers to be ready for nationwide agitation
Lakhimpur Kheri: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait exhorted farmers to be ready for a massive nationwide agitation over their demands as a 75-hour sit-in by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha here…
- India
SKM begins 75-hour-long protest; demand sacking of Ajay Mishra
Lakhimpur Kheri: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday morning began its 75-hour-long dharna at Rajapur Mandi Samiti in Lakhimpur city to press for its various demands, including the sacking of Union…
- India
Campaign against Agnipath scheme from Aug 7: Rakesh Tikait
Noida: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said his farmers’ group would begin a campaign against the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath from August 7. Addressing a farmers’ congregation…
- India
Countrywide stir needed to stall Agnipath scheme: Tikait
Haridwar: Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday opposed the Centre’s “Agnipath” scheme for recruitment to the armed forces, saying a countrywide movement is needed to stall it. On farmers’ issues,…
- Politics
‘BJP trying to get me killed’, says Tikait
Meerut: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday accused the BJP of plotting to get him killed. Tikait termed the ink attack on him in Karnataka recently, a “well-planned…
- Bangalore
‘Attack on Rakesh Tikait for not speaking in Kannada’, accused tell Karnataka Police
Bengaluru: The three accused persons, who attacked Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Singh Tikait, have taken a u-turn and claimed that they attacked him for not speaking in Kannada, police sources said…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah condemns physical assault on Rakesh Tikait
New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday condemned the ‘physical assault’ on Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru. He also took a jibe at the state government…
