An emotional video of Rakesh Tikait went viral. The 10 points.
Key sentence:
- Ghazipur protest venue, one of the main farmers’ places on a Delhi border, witnessed a high drama despite apprehension that authorities would vacate the site.
- Rakesh Tikait’s emotional clip went viral as well as after seeing his video, many farmers from Haryana began from their villages.
On Thursday night, the Ghazipur protest venue, one of the main farmers’ sites on a Delhi border, observed a high drama despite apprehension that authorities would vacate the site.
On Thursday evening, Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait confronted the protesters and said he would not leave the venue.
His emotional clip went viral.
After seeing his video, many farmers from Haryana began from their villages where he claimed if the government used force, he would commit suicide at the site.
The top 10 updates are all here:
> Reports that the Ghazipur sites will be vacated began to spread on Thursday as local opposition from Singhu, the current protest’s major site was identified.
> It was confirmed that at the Ghazipur site, electricity was interrupted. At the venue, there was a massive deployment of police.
> While there was no legal order Ajay Shankar Pandey, the Ghaziabad district magistrate, allegedly asked the protesters to abandon the place by Thursday night.
Farmer leader Naresh Tikait claims today’s protest will stop, and brother Rakesh says agitation will continue.
> The Baghpat administration evacuated protestors from a location in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night and said no force had been used. At the Ghazipur location, a similar movement was apprehended.
> After the Republic Day violence, in which many police officers were wounded, the peaceful demonstration’s reputation was sullied. Even though union leaders were washing their hands away from the abuse, they are now under fire.
On Thursday, this affected the morale of the protestors at Ghazipur, and the place of the protest wore a peaceful look throughout the day.
> On Thursday, Rakesh Tikait’s brother Naresh Tikait, who is now in Muzaffarnagar, stated the Ghazipur protest would end. Rakesh Tikait was different and said he was going to stick with the rally.
> After dinner, the atmosphere began to change. The crowds in Ghazipur soared after Rakesh Tikait broke down while addressing the protestors.
> Tikait confronted the protesters at the Ghazipur site again at midnight and also said that more farmers would be joining the site. He called for nonviolent protest as well.
> DM Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Police Superintendent Kalanidhi Naithani inspected the site of the protest after midnight while, along with Rakesh Tikait, a large number of protesters was present at the location.
> Near the morning, the additional security force was removed from the protest site while only a limited staff deployment remained.
