Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait was Sunday detained by the Delhi Police at the Ghazipur border while he was trying to enter New Delhi to take part in an unemployment protest rally at Jantar Mantar.
Minutes after Lok Sabha passed a crucial bill to cancel three contentious farm laws, Rakesh Tikait, one of the prominent faces of year-long farmers' protest called the Farm Laws Repeal Bill "a tribute to all 750 farmers who lost their lives during the protest."
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader and one of the prominent faces of farmers' protest Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the ongoing protest against farm laws will be withdrawn only after the three contentious legislations are repealed in Parliament and legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for crops made.
The killing of two BJP workers in Lakhimpur Kheri - after four farmers were run over by a SUV owned by Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra is a "reaction to an action", and "would not call it wrong", Rakesh Tikait, one of the faces of farmers agitation said Saturday.