Ghazipur, January 28
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday refused to surrender after the Uttar Pradesh government ordered the Ghaziabad administrations to get all farmers’ protest site on the state’s borders with Delhi vacated.
Will commit suicide but won’t end protest until farm Bills are repealed, Rakesh Tikait said.
The national spokesperson said there was an alleged plan to attack farmers after the arrest.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday ordered the district administrations to get all farmers’ protest site on the state’s borders with Delhi vacated, officials said.
The orders came two days after violence during the ‘Kisan Gantantra parade’ on the occasion of the Republic Day at several locations in the national capital.
A senior police official wishing not to be named said: “Yes, we have received orders from the government to get all the farmers protest site on the borders of the state vacated.”
The Ghaziabad administration, including ACM Vinay Singh, came to the main stage along with the police to take Tikait after he said he and a few other leaders would surrender.
