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
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…
- 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
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…