Farmers not going home, will head to Kolkata soon: Rakesh Tikait

Hisar (TIP): Asserting that farmers sitting on the Delhi borders will not go back to their homes till the farm laws are repealed, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday, February 18,  said “our next target is to reach Kolkata on tractors”. “We are out to change the scenario of the country. We need one month to correct the powers-that-be. We will not return until course correction of the ruling party. Farmers of Bengal are also in crisis and we will have to fight for them as well,” Tikait said addressing a “mahapanchayat” at Kharak Poonia village of Hisar.

The new agriculture laws will ruin the economy of the small, marginal as well as big farmers, he said, adding that the private firms will take control of the fields in the guise of contract farming.

Tikait said the government should not be under the impression that the movement against the laws will end as farmers will go to their villages to harvest their crop.

“Even if you have to set your standing crop on fire, you should be prepared for it. The government should not harbour this impression that farmers will return home. We will harvest crops and continue our agitation at the same time,” he said addressing a “mahapanchayat” at Kharak Poonia village of Hisar.

“There will be no ‘ghar wapsi’ till then,” he said.

Tikait also asked farmers to be ready for the next call of the unions spearheading the stir.            Source: TNS

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