Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said that farmers' agitation will not conclude unless the three farm laws passed by the Centre are completely scrapped and also warned that the protest may go on till October.
"Our slogan is 'Kanoon Wapsi Nahi toh Ghar Wapasi Nahi'. This agitation will not conclude before October, it will not end anytime soon," said Tikait while addressing a rally at Ghazipur border.
The statement comes soon after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut met Tikait. Raut visited Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, where he met protesting farmers to express his solidarity and extend Shiv Sena's support to the protesters.
"There's no problem if the Opposition is coming to support us but it should not be politicised. We can't do anything if leaders come,” said Tikait on Raut’s visit.
"The traffic movement has not been blocked by farmers, it is because of the police barricading," Tikait added.
Previously leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal, Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, among others, visited Ghazipur, which has become the camping ground for protestors for over two months now since late November.
Reacting to the heavy deployment of security personnel and fencing at the borders of Delhi, he said, "The government's strategy to stop the farmers is going to backfire as it will restrict movements of farm produces to various places and in turn harm common people. I urge all of you to be prepared to carry this movement till October/November. Let the government do as much fencing as they want to do."
The youth who hoisted the flag at the Red Fort was given clearance by the Delhi authorities, said Tikait. He further added that Republic Day violence was planned to malign the image of the “Punjabi community and paint the image of farmers as anti-national.”
Meanwhile, security has been tightened at Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri borders, as thousands of more farmers continue to make their way to the protest sites for the past two to three days.
Internet services remain suspended, cement makeshift walls have been erected with iron rods in between to stop farmers movement.
Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. (ANI)