Rakesh Tikait

Who is Naresh Tikait, the farmer leader drumming up support for wrestlers’ protest?

He convinced the wrestlers not to immerse their medals in the Ganga. Today, he will hold a mega meet of khap leaders to discuss the protest. Naresh Tikait, the chief of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), and older brother of Rakesh Tikait, is all set to fight for India’s wrestlers

As breakaway SKM unions plough a political furrow, farmers' movement left lonely and vulnerable

Apart from the major political parties, the breakaway Samyukta Kisan Morcha unions led by Balbir Singh Rajewal and Gurnam Singh Chaduni have declared joint candidates for the Punjab Assembly polls

Watch: Union Minister Ajay Mishra calls Rakesh Tikait 'second-rate person'

The Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra has been facing flak over his son's alleged involvement in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which four farmers were mowed down by a car last year in October

Why a farmers’ agitation 2.0 begins to roll out in Delhi

Delhi is again seeing a farmers’ agitation 2.0. They are arriving from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and different parts of Uttar Pradesh

Explained: Why farmers are protesting in Delhi once again

Farmers belonging to different parts of the country have gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a day-long event to reiterate their demand for minimum support price and also raise the issue of unemployment in the country. Security arrangements were beefed up in the Capital ahead of the agitation

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait detained by Delhi police on way to Jantar Mantar protest

The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and other farmers' groups are organising a protest at the Jantar Mantar against unemployment in the country

Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers' agitation called off after officials meet protesters

Top district officials assured that a meeting at the government level for the farmers will be arranged in the first week of September, said Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Rakesh Tikait

SKM stir in Lakhimpur enters second day, Rakesh Tikait asks farmers to be ready for nationwide agitation

The agitation has gained strength since its start on Thursday with prominent leaders, including SKM core committee member Dharshan Singh Pal, Swaraj India national convener Yogendra Yadav and social activist Medha Patekar, addressing the dharna

Bharatiya Kisan Union to campaign against Agnipath scheme from 7 August, says Rakesh Tikait

Tikait addressed a farmers' gathering in the Tikri area of Baghpat district, and said that the battle with the Central government and the Uttar Pradesh administration over the issue had just begun

Agnipath scheme: Samyukta Kisan Morcha to hold nationwide protest on 24 June

The decision for the protest was taken during a meeting of the coordination committee of SKM in Karnal, said Rakesh Tikait and urged the support of youths, the civil society and political parties for the demonstrations on Friday