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Rakesh Tikait (born 4 June 1969) is an Indian farmer rights activist and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). He successfully led the farmer protests in 2020-2021 to cause repeal of three farmer laws implemented by the Indian government. Personal life.
Rakesh Tikait is the younger son of the renowned farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait, who spent his entire life fighting for the interest of farmers. Mahendra was revered by the farmers as their second messiah after the fifth Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Jan 30, 2021 · Rakesh Tikait is a most unlikely adversary of the ruling dispensation at the Centre. The 51-year-old Delhi Police constable-turned-farmer leader admits to have voted for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Rakesh Tikait is a farmers’ leader, politician, and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union. He is the son of the late Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait, a legendary farmers’ leader who spearheaded several massive movements for peasants. Rakesh has briefly served as a constable in the Delhi Police.
Feb 8, 2021 · “Rakesh Tikait has emerged as a prominent Jat leader in western UP,” says Singh. While the farmers’ agitation on the borders of Delhi has been on since end-November, the nation’s focus turned on Tikait after his teary press conference on the night of January 28.
Ahead of UP elections, BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, who belongs to the Jat community, told HT that his farmer union is seeking solutions to their agricultural woes, and has maintained ...
Ever since his emotional outburst on January 28, RAKESH TIKAIT, spokesperson for the Bharatiya Kisan Union, has become the rallying point for protesting farmers at Ghazipur— the subject of endless selfies as he walks around surrounded by a cloud of supporters.Ahead of Saturday’s nationwide chakka jam called by farm unions, Tikait, who is joined by BALBIR SINGH RAJEWAL, BKU (Rajewal) president, speaks to JIGNASA SINHA and UMA VISHNU on why UP farmers won’t be part of the jam and claims ...
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait (Bharatiya Kisan Union) is also sitting this Delhi Chalo protest out but will support the Bharat bandh on February 16. "We have called for a 'Bharat bandh' on February...
Jan 30, 2021 · Born on June 4, 1969 in Sisauli village of Muzaffarnagar district in western Uttar Pradesh, Rakesh Tikait joined BKU after quitting the Delhi Police and gained prominence as a farm leader after...
The Official Facebook page of Rakesh Tikait - Farmer Leader & National spokesperson of BKU.
