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Rakesh Tikait
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- Policy & trade, RajasthanFarmer leader Rakesh Tikait’s convoy attacked, 16 including an ABVP leader arrestedBKU leader Rakesh Tikait's convoy was attacked in Alwar, Rajasthan, and police arrested 16 people on an FIR naming 33, with charges including attempt to murder.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRakesh Tikait to travel to 5 states to gather support for the farmers’ protestBKU leader Rakesh Tikait planned a March tour of farmers' meetings in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana to build support for the protest.
- Policy & trade, IndiaTalks between government and farmers remained inconclusive for the ninth time in a rowTalks between the Centre and about 40 farmer unions again ended without agreement, with the government ready to amend the farm laws but not repeal them. The next round is set for January 19.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshGhazipur border tensions: farmers’ protestFarmers at the Delhi-UP Ghazipur border refused a Ghaziabad administration ultimatum to vacate the site after the Republic Day tractor rally, as police deployed heavy security.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmer leader Rakesh Tikait warns Centre of a possible march to ParliamentAt a mahapanchayat in Sikar, Rajasthan, Rakesh Tikait warned that farmers could march on Parliament with 40 lakh tractors if their demands on the farm laws are not met.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers to intensify protest and block Delhi-Noida borderBharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said protesting farmers will block the Delhi-Noida border, with the date still to be decided.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers’ “rail roko” highlights: 4-hour obstruction on train mobility positedFarmers protesting the farm laws held a four-hour 'rail roko' on February 18, 2021, stopping trains in Haryana's Sonepat, as the Railways deployed 20 extra RPSF companies.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanFarmers will now sell their produce outside Parliament, says TikaitAt a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Rajasthan, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said farmers would sell produce outside assemblies, collectors' offices and Parliament to protest the farm laws.
- Policy & trade, IndiaBKU leader Tikait calls for ‘tractor revolution’; rejects NGT ban on diesel vehiclesBKU leader Rakesh Tikait urged tractor-owning farmers to join the protest against the farm laws, rejecting a 2014 NGT order barring diesel vehicles over 10 years old from Delhi-NCR roads.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers’ union calls for Bharat Bandh on March 26 to mark the completion of 4 months of protestFarm unions have called a nationwide Bharat Bandh on March 26 to mark four months of protest against the farm laws, as leaders tour other states to widen support.