The farmer unions’ events in West Bengal came amid an already-volatile political atmosphere, with the BJP and TMC running high-octane campaigns to secure power in the state
Farmers, whose protracted agitation on Delhi borders against the three farms laws have so far been futile, have now turned their focus on hurting the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling party at the Centre, where it matters the most: by undermining the party in the pitched battle for West Bengal.
Farmer leader and Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait, one of those spearheading the about four-month-old farmers’ stir, reached the state during the day to be part of several anti-BJP Mahapanchayats, including one in the key battlefield of Nandigram.
Tikait’s outfit has so far denied being associated with any political party, but the message and focus of the campaign were clear as he roared in Bengal: “Don’t Vote for BJP.”
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