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Disquiet in BJP over farmers’ movement which may well cost it UP, Uttarakhand and Punjab in assembly polls - National Herald

Last updated Wednesday, September 22, 2021 22:53 ET

Denigrating remarks made by BJP MP from Bahraich Akshaibar Lal Gond for Rakesh Tikait indicate the party is in a panic over electoral reverses due to farmers’ agitation in forthcoming polls
So now we know how a ‘dacait’ behaves and acts, how he talks and whether or not he shaves daily! BJP MP from Bahraich Akshaibar Lal Gond identified the ‘brigand’ as none other than farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. Gond further added that Rakesh Tikait is “foreign funded” to keep the Modi Government in perpetual unease, which is putting it mildly.
Farmers of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Uttarakhand have been protesting at Delhi’s borders ever since the Modi Government passed the three farm laws. The laws have in them the wherewithal to undo the minimum support price regime. Big corporations can then take over and that’ll be the end of many farmers' lives.
And it happens that Rakesh Tikait is leading the protesting farmers. For almost a year, Gond, for whatever reason, kept to the invisible sidelines. Now, he’s woken up to “dacoity” and “dakait”. Maybe to his simple mind, “dacait” rhymes with “Tikait” and is, therefore, apt comparison. Or, could be he’s trying to endear himself to Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose default mode is being stubborn.
The Opposition had sounded the bugle on Narendra Modi and the farm laws from Day One. And Congress leader Rahul Gandhi revealed the existence of “hum doh, hamaare doh”.
Naturally, the BJP doesn’t want a repeat of West Bengal in Uttar...



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