'Will turn govt offices into …, if farmers removed forcibly from borders': Rakesh Tikait warns Centre

'Will turn govt offices into …, if farmers removed forcibly from borders': Rakesh Tikait warns Centre

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Sunday, October 31, 2021, 01:21 PM IST
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Rakesh Tikait | Photo Credit: ANI

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday warned the Centre saying that there would be consequences if the administration tried to forcibly remove the protesters from the Delhi borders.

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief said that farmers would turn government offices across the country into 'galla mandis' (grain markets).

"If there is an attempt to forcibly remove the farmers from the borders, then they will turn government offices across the country into Galla Mandi," Tikait tweeted.

Tikait also said that if the administration tried to pulls down their tents at protest sites, they will set them up at police stations and District Magistrate's offices.

"We have come to know that the administration is trying to pull down the tents here with the help of JCB. If they do that, the farmers will set up their tents at Police stations, DM offices," Rakesh Tikait told ANI.

Delhi Police on Thursday night started removing barricades placed at the Tikri and Ghazipur borders where farmers were protesting against the Centre's three farm laws.

The stretch was shut for over 11 months ever since the farmers' agitation started and commuters have been citing inconvenience during their travelling.

Farmers have been protesting at different sites since November 26 last year against the three 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.

Farmer leaders and the Centre have held several rounds of talks but the impasse remains.

(With inputs from ANI)

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