Preparations on for BKU Mahapanchayat on Sept
Preparations are in full swing for the Bharatiya Kisan Union’s (BKU’S) proposed Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar on September 5, with Khap leaders supporting it by organising meetings in villages under their influence.
A similar meeting of Deshwal Malik Khap was convened in Lankh village of Shamli district on Wednesday, in which BKU chief Naresh Tikait made a scathing attack on the ruling BJP.
He called upon farmers and BKU supporters to sink their differences and team up to ensure grand success of the proposed Mahapanchayat on September 5. “It is the responsibility of all to ensure success of the Mahapanchayat,” said Tikait, hoping that “it will be historic”.
Tikait said that if the BJP returned to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2022, farmers would have to pay Rs 100 per hour, Rs 1,000 daily and Rs 3.60 lakh per year for their electricity bills. “The party’s return to power would bring misery for farmers,” he said.
Comparing the price of sugarcane and electricity of UP with neighbouring Haryana, Tikait said “Sugarcane price in Haryana is Rs 350 per quintal and here ( in UP) it is Rs 325 per quintal. There farmers pay monthly power bill of Rs 250 and in UP it is Rs 2100 to Rs 2200”. Reminding the people about the BKU’S movements, he said all previous governments listened to farmers. During the movement in Bhopa village of Muzaffarnagar in 1989, the state government provided 10 to 11 tractors to those farmers whose tractors were damaged during the movement and also waived off electricity bill of 37 months.
He also mentioned hike of Rs 80 in sugarcane price during the rule of Mayawati (BSP) and Rs 65 under Akhilesh Yadav (SP). “We should always remember the work done in favourv of farmers”, said Tikait and reminded how late Rajeev Gandhi shifted his rally from the Boat Club in Delhi because of farmers’’ protest.
He said the situation was ferent now and every poss effort was being made to ma the image of farmers an defame their ongoing m ment.
People in the mee assured Tikait of exten their full support to the fo coming Mahapanchayat.
Meanwhile, Thambeda Gathwala Khap Shayam Si assured to organise bhanda the Mahapanchayat to en food to the participants.
BKU’S former Muzaffarn president Dheeraj Lati claimed that people w extending their support to Mahapanchayat in every vil of the region, and it would historic gathering.