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Bharatiya Kisan Union: Farmer's Representative Organisation In India
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) is a farmer's representative organisation in India. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the Punjab Khetibari Union which became its Punjab branch. The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and Via Campesina. The national headquarters of the union is located in Sisauli, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

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Punjab: Samyukta Kisan Morcha, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha announce march towards Delhi on...

The farmers will move towards the national capital in batches from the Shambhu border. Tejveer Singh of the Bharatiya Kisan Union said they have been camping at the two border points for 280 days and..
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Stubborn approach of govt proving to be dangerous, says BKU chief Naresh Tikait

As farmers from Punjab joined the protest, Naresh Tikait highlighted the farmers' demand for a law guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops. He mentioned the specific locations where..
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Rakesh Tikait joins farmers' protest in Greater Noida

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday joined an ongoing protest related to the peasant community at Greater Noida. A prominent face and spokesperson of the influential Bharatiya Kisan Union, Tikait..
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Swaminathan brought positive change to agriculture, farmers and food security: Rakesh Tikait

"This country will always remember his contribution to the positive changes to the condition of Indian agriculture and farmers, and for food security. We will all continue this fight for your ideas..
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Farmers call off protest after Haryana government agrees to hike sunflower MSP

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said after fresh talks with the district administration in the evening, the farmers have ended the protest in Kurukshetra's Pipli and the national highway blockade will be..
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Khaps decide to take wrestlers’ fight to President and people

Hundreds of khap leaders gathered at a ‘mahapanchayat’ in Muzaffarnagar’s Sauram village on Thursday in support of the protesting wrestlers. Bharatiya Kisan Union national president Naresh..
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Will boycott trials of GM Mustard: Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait here on Sunday said he will not allow trials of genetically modified (GM) Mustard proposed by the central government. Addressing the mahapanchayat of farmers near Ghungroo..
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SKM stir in Lakhimpur enters second day, Tikait asks farmers to be ready for nationwide agitation

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait exhorted farmers to be ready for a massive nationwide agitation over their demands as a 75-hour sit-in by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha in Lakhimpur Kheri..
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Tikait: Youngsters are suffering due to govt’s wrong decision

The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and a prominent face of the 2020-21 farmers’ stir in Delhi, took to social media to lodge his protest against the Centre’s new step for..
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BKU leader Dilbag Singh, Lakhimpur Kheri violence witness, shot at; attackers punctured tyres of his SUV

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Dilbag Singh said he had to stop the vehicle as the attackers had punctured his car.
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Ink attack on Rakesh Tikait: RLD urges Karnataka government for quick action against culprits

"The misbehaviour with BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru is shameful. The Karnataka government should ensure strict action against the culprits immediately," RLD chief Jayant..
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After split in BKU, Tikait brothers face more trouble


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BKU splits after leaders rebel against Tikait brothers, new farmer outfit to be 'apolitical'

The Bhartiya Kisan Union led by the Tikait brothers has split up, with the formation of a new "apolitical" farmer outfit.
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BKU leaders part ways with Tikaits

Senior functionaries of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) parted ways to form a new outfit - BKU (non-political) - on Sunday, the death anniversary of union founder Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait...
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BKU Charuni writes to home minister Amit Shah to implement letter of agreement reached with farmers

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni national president Gurnam Singh Charuni wrote a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday, demanding full implementation of the letter of agreement reached..
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Two new farm unions formed in Ambala, Karnal

Sources told Zee Media that in Punjab, AAP formed Bharatiya Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh) and Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sir Chotu Ram).
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Tikait launches dharna over arrest of BKU members; calls it off after talks with officials


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Rakesh Tikait starts indefinite dharna against arrest of BKU activists

Protesting at the Kotwali police, Tikait demanded the immediate release of the activists, alleging that they have been falsely implicated in the case.
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BKU leader Rakesh Tikait receives 'death' threat; complaint filed

Senior superintendent of police, Muzaffarnagar, Abhishek Yadav said that the police have launched an investigation based on a complaint filed by the Bhartiya Kisan Union ( BKU) leader's driver Perjval..
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Rakesh Tikait makes volte-face, asks farmers not to vote for BJP in UP and Uttarakhand

Continuing with his volte-face, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday asked farmers not to vote for the BJP in the assembly elections commencing on February 10. In a post on..
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Farmers to observe Betrayal Day today over Centre's 'unfulfilled promises': BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Tikait has said that farmers will be observing "Betrayal Day" on January 31, in view of the unfulfilled promises of the central government.
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