Rakesh Tikait will take part in religious programs at Kaudiyala Ghat Gurdwara in Tikunia on the first anniversary of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Monday.
Rakesh Tikait will take part in religious programs at Kaudiyala Ghat Gurdwara in Tikunia on the first anniversary of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Monday.
families of the dead Lakhimpur Kheri violence BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said justice had not yet been served, announcing that farmers would gather across the country on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the incident.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday evening, the National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said that the country will never forget the violence that took place in Tikunia village on this day last year and claimed eight lives.
Mr. Tikait will participate in religious programs at the Kaudiyala Ghat gurdwara in Tikunia on Monday, the first anniversary of the violence.
farmers were protesting When against the visit of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in Tikunia village on October 3 last year four of them were crushed Under the wheel of a convoy of cars. In the subsequent violence, four others, including two BJP workers and a journalist, were killed.
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“The families of the victims are yet to get justice,” said Mr. Tikait.
It was a week of peace. The violence that erupted took the lives of eight people. It was unfortunate, Mr. Tikait said.
“The farmers of the country will never forget this incident. They will gather across the country on October 3 to celebrate its first anniversary,” Tikait said.
The BKU leader blamed the state government for the delay in justice.
“The ruling government does not believe in neither the legal system nor the Constitution and abuses its power,” alleged Mr. Tikait.
Asked about the future course of action, Mr. Tikait said, “People can only raise their voice and the rest is up to the government.”
Referring to the three-day protest by the United Kisan Morcha (SKM) here in August over delay in justice in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, Mr. Tikait said that over 50,000 farmers came together and put forth their demands. He was assured that the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh or the officials concerned would talk to him, but nothing happened.
“In fact, even the officials are helpless as the whole system runs from Delhi, which directs to Lucknow,” claimed Mr. Tikait.
Shri Tikait will stop here on the way to Kaudiyala Ghat Gurudwara Residence of two dalit sisters Whose bodies were found hanging from a tree after they were allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Nighasan area on September 14.