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In a massive show of strength , thousands of farmers gathered at a mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, where Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders ‘rioters’ and said the party should be given a drubbing in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
He also targeted the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over sugarcane prices.
“This (Muzaffarnagar) is the sugarcane belt. There was a government which had raised the sugarcane price by Rs 80, while another government had increased it by Rs 50.
“Is the Adityanath government weaker than these two dispensations? It did not increase the price even by one rupee.
“This government should be given ‘vote ki chot’ (electoral defeat). The slogan of ‘fasalon ke daam nahi, to vote nahi’ (no fair price for crops, no votes) will have to be raised,” Tikait said at the mega rally attended by farmers from UP and neighbouring states.
The mahapanchayat was organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) at the Government Inter College ground in Muzaffarnagar in protest against the Centre’s controversial farm laws.
Reacting to the meeting, BJP in a replay termed the ‘Kisan mahapanchayat’ organised in Muzaffarnagar an ‘election meeting’ and accused its organisers of indulging in politics with assembly polls approaching in a number of states, including Uttar Pradesh.
