'Farmers Will Turn Govt Offices Across India Into Galla Mandi': BKU's Rakesh Tikait On Removal Of Barricades

"If there is an attempt to forcibly remove the farmers from the borders, then they will make government offices across the country into Galla Mandi," BKU leader tweeted on Sunday.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said that if the government tried to forcibly remove the farmers from the borders they will turn the government offices across the country into "Galla mandi."

Earlier in reaction to the Delhi Police’s decision to remove barricades from the Ghazipur border where farmers are protesting against the centre's three farm laws for over 11 months, Rakesh Tikait had said that the farmers will sell the crop in front of the parliament. 

“The PM said that farmers can sell crops anywhere. Now we will tell the farmers were to sell the crops whose harvest remains unsold. If roads are open, we will go to Delhi. We will go to Parliament to sell our crop," Tikait was quoted by ANI in its report.

"If there is an attempt to forcibly remove the farmers from the borders, then they will make government offices across the country into Galla Mandi," BKU leader tweeted on Sunday.

On Saturday, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said that if the Union government wants to open the passage, they should also consider opening the path for dialogue regarding the fulfilments of farmers' demand of scrapping the three farm laws.

Previously on Thursday, the Delhi Police had removed a large portion of the barricades and concertina wires it had put in place at the anti-farm laws protest site at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.

Since November last year, farmers mostly from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh have been demanding that the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers’ (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

They fear the three contentious farm laws would do away with the Minimum Support Price system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations, concerns dismissed by the union government.

Several rounds of talks between the farmers and the government have failed to break the deadlock.