Watch: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait’s tearful appeal changed the course of the protest in Ghazipur
There was heavy deployment of police at Ghazipur border on Thursday evening, threatening to clear out the protesting farmers. Then came Tikait’s video.
चौधरी महेंद्र सिंह टिकैत के बेटे और मेरे छोटे भाई राकेश टिकैत के ये आँसू व्यर्थ नहीं जाएंगे। कल सुबह महापंचायत होगी और अब हम इस आंदोलन को निर्णायक स्थिति तक पहुंचा कर ही दम लेंगे। pic.twitter.com/gSaqoi4xzk
— Naresh Tikait (@NareshTikait_) January 28, 2021
Part of #RakeshTikait's emotional and impassioned speech at #Ghazipur today which is being credited for mobilising hundreds of more farmers from Western UP. He had earlier said he was ready for arrest, then gave this speech. Watch. pic.twitter.com/MOsyAxGLxP
— Asmita Nandy (@NandyAsmita) January 28, 2021
WATCH: Here’s what the #ghazipurborder protest site looks like right now.
— Zeba Warsi (@Zebaism) January 28, 2021
This place looked completely different a short while ago. #FarmersProtest #RakeshTikait pic.twitter.com/KGpSChG0m4
#FarmersProtest | "About 10,000 farmers will come by morning, after a panchayat in Sisauli today. Farmers from Haryana are reaching in half an hour": Nishant Malik, from Muzaffarnagar, to @shahidtantray. #ghazipurborder #RakeshTikait pic.twitter.com/AskT4GvoIM
— The Caravan (@thecaravanindia) January 28, 2021
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