Rakesh Tikait

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Rakesh Tikait
Rakesh Tikait (cropped).jpg
Born (1969-06-04) 4 June 1969 (age 54)
EducationMeerut University (MA, LLB)[1]
OccupationFarmer Protester
OrganizationBharatiya Kisan Union
Spouse(s)
Sunita Devi
(
m. 1985)
Children3
Parent(s)Mahendra Singh Tikait

Rakesh Tikait (born 4 June 1969) is an Indian farm leader best known for leading protests to abolish three farm laws. Under his leadership, that protest turned extremely violent in New Delhi on Republic Day 2021. Violent protests resulted in severe injuries to 400 policemen.[2][3][4] Tikait is also spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) from Uttar Pradesh, India.

Early life[edit]

Tikait was born on 4 June 1969 in Sisauli town of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. He is the son of a prominent farmer leader and BKU co-founder late Mahendra Singh Tikait.[5] His eldest brother is Naresh Tikait, who is the National President of the BKU.[5]

Career[edit]

Tikait graduated with an M.A. degree from Meerut University and then did LLB after that. He joined Delhi Police in 1992, as constable then Sub Inspector,[6] but left Delhi police in 1993–1994. After leaving police, he joined as a member of BKU.[5] After the death of his father, Tikait officially joined BKU and later became its spokesperson.[5] In 2018, Tikait was the leader of Kisan Kranti Yatra from Haridwar, Uttrakhand to Delhi.[7] Tikait had contested the 2007 UP Assembly elections from the Khatauli seat as a candidate of the Bahujan Kisan Dal (BKD) party (with Congress support), only to finish a distant sixth.[8][9] In the 2014 Indian general election, he fought on a Rashtriya Lok Dal ticket from Amroha Lok Sabha constituency. He admits that he supported BJP in 2019 lok Sabha elections.[10]

Protests[edit]

In November 2020, his organization, BKU joined the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, demanding declaration of MSP as a legal right, exclusion of farmers from the law to curb pollution to allow burning of stubble (consensus to which was reached during the sixth round of talks between the Centre and Farmer Union)[11] and removal of the farm bills. After violence broke out in the National Capital on 26 January (Republic Day), Delhi Police filed an FIR against Rakesh Tikait and a few other farmer leaders for their alleged role in inciting violence on Republic Day and breach of the NOC issued by Delhi Police.[12] His press interview where he said "Bakkal Tar Denge" played a major role in inciting them.

References[edit]

  1. "राकेश tikait मेरठ यूनिवर्सिटी से LLB, अल्पायु राजनीतिक महत्वाकांक्षाओ(किसान आंदोलन) के लिए छोड़ी Delhi Police की नौकरी, 44 बार जा चुके हैं जेल" [Rakesh Tikait: LLB from Meerut University, left Delhi Police job for farmers, has gone to jail 44 times]. Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand (in हिन्दी). 28 January 2021.
  2. "Farmers run riot in Delhi on Republic Day".
  3. "दिल्ली में अराजकता और हिंसा ने संविधान पर आस्था रखने वाले हर भारतीय का सिर शर्म से झुका दिया" [Anarchy and violence in Delhi has made every Indian who believes in the Constitution hang his head in shame] (in हिन्दी).
  4. "किसान आंदोलन: गणतंत्र दिवस पर ट्रैक्टर परेड से किसे क्या फायदा और क्या नुकसान?" [Farmer Protest: Who benefits and loses from tractor parade on Republic Day?] (in हिन्दी).
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "जानिए कौन हैं राकेश टिकैत, जो किसानों की तरफ से सरकार से कर रहे बातचीत" [Find out who is Rakesh Tikait, who is talking to the government on behalf of farmers]. आज तक (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  6. "Did you know this? Rakesh Tikait, summoned for Delhi tractor rally violence, was once a Delhi Police officer!". zeenews. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. "Strong movements will help farmers, says Rakesh Tikait of BKU". The Statesman. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assebly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. p. 832. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  9. "Cong joins hands with Tikait". Indian Express. Express News Service. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  10. Harish Damodaran (30 January 2021). "A breakdown, and the rise of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait". Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. "Farm Law Talks: Centre, Farmers Reach Consensus on Power Tariff, Stubble Burning". The Wire. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  12. Pushkar Tiwari, ed. (27 Jan 2021). "Yogendra Yadav, Darshan Pal, Rakesh Tikait, other leaders booked for violence during farmers' tractor march in Delhi". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.