The Bharatiya Janata Party in an try and counter the farmers’ protest led by Bhartiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait and others will launch its personal farmer outreach program. It was being assumed that the continued farmers’ protest within the NCR area may have an effect on the ruling occasion within the 2022 UP state meeting elections as many farmers from Western Uttar Pradesh have been taking part within the protest.
As per info, the BJP will set up a grand Kisan Panchayat within the state capital Lucknow from twenty second August to twenty fifth August. Before this, the occasion will launch its farmer outreach programme from sixteenth to twenty third August in sugarcane-dominated belts. This outreach program will likely be held by BJP Kisan Morcha the place the occasion will elaborate to the farmers in regards to the work it has executed for the sugarcane farmers. The accountability of this outreach program has been given to BJP Kisan Morcha State Chief Kameshwar Singh. Apart from this the occasion additionally plans to carry Kisan Chaupals in numerous components of Western Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier on July 26 throughout a go to to Lucknow, spokesperson of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) and farmer chief Rakesh Tikait had mentioned, “The government is not ready to listen to the farmers, they are not ready to take back the three laws and they also don’t want to make a law on MSP. The sugarcane rates have not been raised in UP in the last four years, farmers’ condition is not good. We will turn Lucknow into Delhi, also protests will happen in other state capitals just like Delhi. Meetings will take place all over Uttar Pradesh to discuss farmers’ issues. People will be made to understand in whichever language they understand, if they speak in the political language then they will be made to understand in that language only.”
Days after this assertion, a controversial cartoon relating to Tikait’s assertion of Delhi-like protests in Lucknow was tweeted by the official Twitter deal with of UP BJP. The cartoon which was tweeted by UP BJP official Twitter deal with on Thursday confirmed a ‘Bahuhali’ telling one other man to be alert as he’s going to Lucknow the place Yogi Ji is sitting who not simply takes motion but in addition places up posters. The caption of the cartoon says ‘O Bhai Zara Sambhal Kar Jaiyo Lucknow Me…” (Please beware whereas going to Lucknow).
Reacting to the cartoon, Tikait had mentioned, “The BJP has a huge fund for advertisements. Their people are sitting in the office and tweeting, but do not know the ground. They should also tweet on how much wheat was purchased. They should tweet on sugarcane also whether the payment was done or not. Also, they should tweet on whether Mayawati increased the rate more or Akhilesh increased it or Yogi increased it. So we will also feel that they are taking cognizance. Farmer is committing suicide here. They should tweet this too.”
On the difficulty of Delhi-like protests in Lucknow, Rakesh Tikait as soon as once more mentioned, “We have a panchayat in Muzaffarnagar on September 5. We will decide the future strategy in that. We have written to the government to increase the rate of sugarcane, and pay the dues of the sugarcane farmers. Why has the government not increased the rate of sugarcane in five years? Has inflation not increased? Is it a crime to make a demand? They feel as if opposing the government is opposing the nation.”
