Rakesh Tikait

Rakesh Tikait urges Salman Khan to apologise for black buck killing amid Bishnoi threats

Recently, Khan's former girlfriend Somy Ali reached out to Lawrence Bishnoi via social media and requested an audience with the jailed gangster over a Zoom call.

27 October 2024, 11:10 IST

'Apologise in temple': Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait urges Salman Khan to seek forgiveness for alleged black buck killing

Rakesh Tikait urges Salman Khan to apologise for black buck killing amid Bishnoi threats

27 October 2024, 11:10 IST

Farm industry hails 'forward looking budget', Tikait calls it 'empty-handed'

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait from Bharat Kisan Union said the budget left farmers 'empty handed' as it failed to meet key demands.

23 July 2024, 14:30 IST

Farm industry hails 'forward looking budget', Tikait calls it 'empty-handed'

23 July 2024, 14:30 IST

Centre should set up 'religious fund' for victims of Hathras-like incidents, says Rakesh Tikait

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson made the jibe when he visited Hathras and demanded Rs 50 lakh compensation to the victims of the Hathras stampede that killed 121 people on July 2.

08 July 2024, 13:01 IST

Centre should set up 'religious fund' for victims of Hathras-like incidents, says Rakesh Tikait

08 July 2024, 13:01 IST

Whoever forms govt at Centre should keep space for dialogue open, says Rakesh Tikait

Tikait's remarks came as the BJP-led NDA is set to form the next government.

06 June 2024, 14:13 IST

Whoever forms govt at Centre should keep space for dialogue open, says Rakesh Tikait

06 June 2024, 14:13 IST

Vote for candidates who can defeat BJP nominees: Rakesh Tikait

The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions, also alleged that it is not the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that is contesting the ongoing election, but 'a gang of capitalists' that has captured the country.

23 May 2024, 19:38 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 |Vote for candidates who can defeat BJP nominees, says farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

Vote for candidates who can defeat BJP nominees: Rakesh Tikait

23 May 2024, 19:38 IST

'Anyone who is born in the Tikait family, will have to participate in the farmers' movement' says, Rakesh Tikait

The farmer's union leader reiterated his family's commitment to the farmer's cause.

18 April 2024, 12:00 IST

'Anyone who is born in the Tikait family, will have to participate in the farmers' movement' says, Rakesh Tikait

18 April 2024, 12:00 IST

Will ban politicians' entry in villages, if farmers stopped from reaching Delhi: Rakesh Tikait

Farmers in Meerut on Wednesday took out a tractor march to reach the collectorate to press for their demand for minimum support price for crops and withdrawal of criminal cases against some farmers who took part in the 2020-21 farmers' protest at Delhi borders.

21 February 2024, 13:23 IST

Will ban politicians' entry in villages, if farmers stopped from reaching Delhi: Rakesh Tikait

21 February 2024, 13:23 IST

Farmers' agitation reaches west UP, BKU takes out tractor march

BKU president Naresh Tikait hinted at a bigger agitation and said that a meeting of the farmers' leaders had been convened on Thursday in which the future course of action would be decided.

21 February 2024, 13:02 IST

Farmers' agitation reaches west UP, BKU takes out tractor march

21 February 2024, 13:02 IST

Farmers to stage dharnas in four states on Feb 21, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Tikait said a resolution was passed during the meeting asking the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) to launch a tractor march to Delhi in the last week of February if the government does not accept farmers' demands.

17 February 2024, 15:46 IST

Farmers to stage dharnas in four states on Feb 21, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

17 February 2024, 15:46 IST

Farmer groups to observe 'Bharat Bandh' today against Modi govt's policies

Besides farmers' groups, traders and transporters have also been asked to support the cause and observe a work strike that day, said Tikait, the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU).

16 February 2024, 02:30 IST

Farmer groups to observe 'Bharat Bandh' today against Modi govt's policies

16 February 2024, 02:30 IST