Rakesh Tikait. PTI file
Nagpur, February 12
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait will hold a kisan mahapanchayat and a public rally in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra on February 20, an office-bearer of Samyukta Kisan Morcha has said.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) is an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various Delhi border points against the three farm laws.
Its Maharashtra coordinator Sandip Gidde told PTI that Tikait, Yudveer Singh and several other leaders of the SKM would hold the mahapanchayat and public meeting at Azad Maidan in Yavatmal.
“Tikait wants to start the kisan mahapanchayat in Maharashtra from Yavatmal, which has earned the dubious distinction of being the hotspot of farmer suicides,” he said.
Farmers from Vidarbha and parts of Maharashtra are expected to participate in the mahapanchayat, for which permission has been sought.
A police official from Yavatmal said the organisers had sought permission for the event. PTI