"Ready For Talks But It Should Be About Repealing Farm Laws": Farmer Leader

Rakesh Tikait said the farmers have to carry on with their agitating for long, but they would "certainly not return to their homes without a victory".

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the farmer unions are ready to discuss the three contentious agri laws with the Centre whenever it wants to resume talks but asserted the discussion would have to be about repealing the legislation. Addressing a farmers' panchayat in Prem Nagar village in Haryana's Bhiwani district, he said the farmers have to carry on with their agitating for long, but they would "certainly not return to their homes without a victory". Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni accused the government of failing to deal with the COVID-19 situation and said, "Those patients who do not get oxygen or beds in hospitals should be taken to the homes of the BJP MPs and MLAs." Mr Tikait, who has in recent months addressed a series of farmers' gatherings across Haryana, said the tillers have been agitating for more than five months near various borders of the national capital.