AGRA: With the massive farmers’ protest completing its 100 days at Delhi’s borders on Saturday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has appealed to the farmers to follow the formula ‘1V-1T-15M-10D’ — one village, one tractor, 15 men for 10 days — to strengthen the movement. BKU has directed its cadre in every district to implement the plan with one of its senior members saying the formula will help farmers to continue the protest for years.
Tikait’s formula would also ensure a large number of farmers to participate in the stir and then return to their villages for farming, BKU leader Dharmendra Malik said. He claimed that leaders of farmers’ groups are constantly urging the government for renewal of the stalled talks, but the government is not interested.
BKU’s state president Rajveer Singh Jadoun said, “Tikait has come up with a formula to strengthen and continue the movement. As part of this formula, 15 people from every village should stay at the protest venue for 10 days and then the next lot of 15 should replace them. The first lot of protesters can return home and tend to the fields. The formula will enable farmers to continue the protest for several years.”
Tikait has been stating in ‘kisan mahapanchayats’ that if the Centre does not repeal the new agri laws, farmers will bring in 40 lakh tractors to Delhi and lay siege to the Parliament complex.