Aligarh: BKU-Tikait leader Rakesh Tikait, who was detained at Tappal police station here early Wednesday before being released in the evening, said the farmers protesting across Uttar Pradesh would fully comply with the decisions taken by the ‘kisan panchayat’ in Gautam Buddh Nagar.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait was detained by Aligarh Police on Wednesday while en route to Greater Noida to join a meeting of farmer leaders, police officials said.Farm leader Tikait was stopped on the Yamuna Expressway and was taken to Tappal police station along with his associates.

Rakesh Tikait announces farmers' compliance with kisan panchayat decisions in Uttar Pradesh, urging local panchayats for resolution.

Aligarh: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait was detained by the Aligarh Police Wednesday while on his way to Greater Noida to participate in a meeting of farmer leaders, a police official said. The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s influential spokesperson and his associates were taken to the Tappal police station in a bus after they were stopped from

The BKU had on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting at the Kisan Bhawan in Sisauli village of Muzaffarnagar under the leadership of its chief Naresh Tikait and resolved to extend support to the farmers in Noida and Greater Noida who are agitating over the issue of land compensation and other demands.

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait was detained in Aligarh en route to Delhi amidst escalating farmer protests. Tikait threatened a tractor rally to Lucknow