The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) will decide on extending support to the ongoing farmers' protest after leader Rakesh Tikait returns from Karnataka on Thursday. Farmers in western UP are concerned about police barricades and tear gas usage. Farmer leaders excluded from the movement are pressuring BKU (Tikait) for support. Police deny placing BKU (Mahatma Tikait) leaders under house arrest.
Farmers of western UP are perturbed over watching heavy barricading of police to stop farmers from entering Delhi and how police are lobbing teargas shells on protestors, says BKU (Tikait) leader
They submitted a memorandum, on the name of President, to Narwana SDM seeking Verma’s release from the jail and withdrawal of stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against her