New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson, Rakesh Tikait urged the President of US Joe Biden to focus on the farmer’s protest which is happening in India for almost a year. Tikait today requested Biden to raise this issue in the meeting with PM Narendra Modi.
He said that at least 700 farmers have died protesting, “Dear @POTUS, we the Indian Farmers are protesting against 3 farm laws brought by PM Modi’s govt. 700 farmers have died in the last 11 months protesting. These black laws should be repealed to save us. Please focus on our concern while meeting PM Modi,” Tikait tweeted.
Bharatiya Kisan Union, which is one of the farmer unions protesting against the three farm laws, has also said NRI farmers will protest against PM Modi’s visit to the US, “Tomorrow in Washington DC, NRI farmers will protest against Modi’s US visit,” BKU tweeted on Thursday.
PM Narendra Modi who is in US for a three-days trip, will hold a meeting with US President Joe Biden today evening– the first in-person meeting between the two leaders after the Democrat leader took office on January 20.
Rakesh Tikait is the spokesperson of the farmer unions. The farmers union has been seeking the removal of the three agricultural laws. The farmers fear the three farm laws will do away with the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporate companies.
Hundreds of farmers led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha are camping at Delhi’s borders since November 2020 demanding a roll back of the three laws.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has given a call for a complete Bharat Bandh on September 27 to ensure all roads, trains, markets and educational institutions will remain closed from 6am to 4pm. Leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha have urged farmers, members of trade unions and government employees to support the Bharat Bandh call.
However, the government, which has held 11 rounds of formal dialogue with the protestors, has maintained that the laws are pro-farmer and has offered to amend them.
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