He said the government “wanted to kill him” and that the attacks on him in Karnataka and Delhi were proof enough.
The farmer leader, who was at the forefront of the anti-farmer law, said, “The government wants to kill me to break the Tikait family and the organization (Sangh). But it will never happen.”
Tikait was speaking at a review meeting of BKU at Dharmeshwari Farm in Jangethi village of Meerut district.
Tikait alleged that a plot was hatched to kill him when he went to the general Bipin RawatHis home in Delhi to pay respects to him after his death in a helicopter crash last December.
He stressed that now is a crucial moment which cannot be wasted in infighting as the government is trying to destroy the Kisan Sangh through the politics of “sabotage”.
He said, “The Tikait family has always strongly raised the voice of the farmers and will continue to do so. After Baba Mahendra Singh Tikait, Naresh Tikait has now dedicated himself to the cause. The Tikait family will not bow down to pressure.”
The BKU leader also tried to draw a comparison between his ink attack and the murder of Mahatma Gandhi,
He said that as much as Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by “conspirators”, anyone who speaks for the country and its farmers is targeted by “conspirators”.
He said, ‘If any one tikait suffers some loss, then lakhs of tikaits are ready to hoist the flag of revolution in the country.
Before the election he said that Uttar Pradesh The government had promised to provide free electricity for irrigation, but now farmers are being harassed by installing meters on tube wells, which will not be tolerated.
Appealing to the farmers to bring more and more people to the court of the Sangh, the farmer leader said that only a strong and united fight against the government would yield results.
He concluded, “The fight is on until the government comes to the negotiating table. There will be no solution until then.”
Ink attack on BKU leader
On May 30, during a press conference in Bengaluru, three persons attacked a farmer leader with ink. When they entered, the suspects pretended to be journalists. Gandhi Bhavan,
One of the accused attacked Tikait with a microphone under the guise of fixing the microphone, while the other sprayed ink on him. He also chanted the phrase “Modi, Modi”.
According to the police, one of the accused was convicted of murder who was released from jail for good conduct.
(with inputs from agencies)
watch Bengaluru: Black ink thrown at farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at an event