Rakesh Tikait asks farmers to 'get ready with tractors', alleges Centre 'will not listen'

Days after Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait announced that farmers will be protesting outside all Raj Bhavans on June 26, he has now on Sunday announced anor protest which is expected to be 'intensified' as Tikait tweeted, asking to be 'rey with tractors.'

In a rar angry tweet, Tikait stated, " government is not going to listen. y need some good treatment. Be rey with your tractors. movement has to be intensified to save lands."

In anor tweet on Monday morning, Tikait lambasted Haryana Government for filing cases against protestors said, "Haryana government is harassing farmers by registering false cases. With this, you cannot remove or suppress movement."

Last week, on Thursday, Tikait h announced that farmers across country will be protesting outside all Raj Bhavans against three farm laws on June 26, which will be 'Save Democracy, Save Farmers Day' and also  completion of seven months of ir agitation.

Meanwhile, people from around 20 villages held a "mahapanchayat" in Haryana’s Sonipat on Saturday, demanding from farmers protesting Centre’s farm laws to open a side of ro connecting ir area to Delhi’s Singhu border.

Farmers protest against three laws

agitating farmers have been protesting against Centre's three laws since November, last year, demanding that Farmers' Produce Tre and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 be rolled back and a new law me to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

protests escalated after agitating farmers broke down barrices and entered Delhi which led to a massive clash between protesters and police. farmers n hoisted SKM flag at Red Flag on Republic Day. After violence witnessed on Republic Day, Delhi police sealed  borders of national capital by cementing nails near barrices, deploying ditional troops, ding barbed wires, etc at Ghazipur and Tikri borders, blocking complete access to ros. protests h cooled down due to devastating second wave of COVID-19.