Muzaffarnagar: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has said that till the three new agricultural laws are repealed, his agitation (Farmers Protest) will continue. Tikait said this in a program organized in Ramraj town here on the occasion of completion of 100 days of farmers’ movement on the borders of Delhi against the new agricultural laws of the Center.
The farmers are demanding a complete withdrawal of the three farm laws and the agitation will continue till the government meets our demands, Tikiat said on Saturday.
On the occasion, he flagged off a tractors” rally, which, he said, will travel across across districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and will reach farmers” protest site in Ghazipur on March 27.
Meanwhile, Union minister and Member of Parliament from Muzaffarnagar Sanjeev Balyan said the three agri laws will be beneficial for the farmers.
If a single farmer’s land is taken away due to the farm laws, I will resign as an MP. The laws were enacted in accordance with the wishes of the farmers, he said.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting since late November at the Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Farmers” Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers” (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
