Ghaziabad: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait will be touring five states in March to drum up support for the ongoing farmers’ protest against Centre’s new agriculture laws, a Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) office-bearer said on Saturday.
Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers’ protest, will begin the tour from March 1, the office-bearer said.
“Farmers’ meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, while two meetings will also be held in Uttar Pradesh in March,” BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.
Two meetings will be held in Rajasthan and three in Madhya Pradesh. The last three meetings will be held on March 20, 21 and 22 in Karnataka, Malik said.
“One event is scheduled on March 6 in Telangana, but we have not got permission for it yet due to some election in the state. If permission is granted, the meeting in Telangana will be held as per schedule,” he told PTI.
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