Farmers protest ink attack on Rakesh Tikait

Upset over the ink attack at farm leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru on Monday, members of farm unions held a protest in Karnal on Tuesday

Upset over the ink attack at farm leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru on Monday, members of farm unions held a protest in Karnal on Tuesday.

Farm leader Rakesh Tikait (HT File)

The protesting farmers raised slogans against the BJP government and claimed that the attack on Tikait was in connivance with the BJP-led Karnataka government.

They handed over a memorandum, addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, to the district authorities and demanded that the Karnataka government should take strict action against the culprits.

The farmers said the ink was not thrown at Tikait but the entire farming community. “Such attack in a BJP-ruled state proves that it is an anti-farmer government,” they said.

Farm leader Surender Sangwan said a meeting will be called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to decide future course of action.

The farmers threatened that the government should take strict action against the miscreants or they will intensify protests.