Summary:
Lucknow, Nov 22 (PTI) Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday accused the government of trying to divide farmers and said it should talk to them to resolve all their issues, or else "we are not going away".
Addressing a farmers" mahapanchayat here, Tikait asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give a clear answer on the demand for a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP) that he had "backed" when he was the Gujarat chief minister.
The PM on Friday announced his government"s decision to repeal the three farm laws over which the farmers have been protesting over the past year on Delhi"s borders, urging them to return to their homes.
The farm leader dismissed the PM’s televised speech as just sweet talk.
"The way in which the prime minister spoke, it was very sweet.
His voice was sweeter than honey,” Tikait said, adding that this made him “sense danger”.