Rakesh Tikait appeals to vote against BJP, will visit Nandigram and Singur

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday attended a “kisan mahapanchayat” or farmers’ conclave in Kolkata’s Bhowanipore area and made an appeal to people to vote against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Dainik Bhaskar reported.

Speaking at the event, Swaraj India National President Yogendra Yadav also said that farmers wanted to teach BJP a lesson.

Members of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmers’ unions protesting against the new agriculture laws, are touring the poll-bound states to campaign against the saffron party. The farmers’ body also issued an appeal titled “No vote to BJP” on Friday.

Tikait and other farmer leaders will also visit Nandigram on Saturday evening, while they will go to Singur and Asansol on Sunday, according to Dainik Bhaskar. The Nandigram…