Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait will maintain a kisan mahapanchayat at Maharashtra’s Yavatmal on February 20—the primary exterior North India through the present agaitation in opposition to the farm legal guidelines.
The transfer was confirmed by BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik.
“We now have finalised the Yavatmal kisan mahapanchayat for February 20. Rakesh Tikait will handle the mahapanchayat, which can be held underneath the banner of Sanyukta Kisan Morcha,” Malik informed The Indian Express. He added, “The farmers’ agitation has been occurring in a number of states within the north, together with Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. A number of mahapanchayats have been held in these states. The concept behind Yavatmal mahapanchayat is to take the agitation to Maharashtra and mobilise the farmers there.”