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Mahendra Singh Tikait is no more
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ravinderpannu
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May the all mighty Bless the departed soul.
Ch Mahender singh Tikat was a good man,,lets see who keeps up the legacy now.
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Bhartiya Kisan Union president Mahendra Singh Tikait died on Sunday. He was 76. Tikait, who also served as the council head of Baliyan Khap, was suffering from bone cancer since a year and died at his son's residence, family sources said.Scores of people, mostly farmers, paid tributes to the senior farmer leader. His cremation would be held on Monday at BKU headquarters in Sisauli. He has led a number of mass movements against State and Central governments - the latest one being last week's farmer agitation in Greater Noida, where he was arrested in Meerut.
Ch Mahender singh Tikat was a good man,,lets see who keeps up the legacy now.
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Bhartiya Kisan Union president Mahendra Singh Tikait died on Sunday. He was 76. Tikait, who also served as the council head of Baliyan Khap, was suffering from bone cancer since a year and died at his son's residence, family sources said.Scores of people, mostly farmers, paid tributes to the senior farmer leader. His cremation would be held on Monday at BKU headquarters in Sisauli. He has led a number of mass movements against State and Central governments - the latest one being last week's farmer agitation in Greater Noida, where he was arrested in Meerut.
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surengoyat1
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JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN !!!!!!!
Salute to late shri Mahender Singh Tikait ji
People of KANDELA (JIND) in fact all HARYANA are grateful of this man what he has achieved for us in the Strong Agitation
against Chautala Government back in 2002
REST IN PEACE !!!!!!
may god gives us good kisan leaders again and again !!!!!!
Salute to late shri Mahender Singh Tikait ji
People of KANDELA (JIND) in fact all HARYANA are grateful of this man what he has achieved for us in the Strong Agitation
against Chautala Government back in 2002
REST IN PEACE !!!!!!
may god gives us good kisan leaders again and again !!!!!!
ravinderpannu
Active member
Ch Mahendra Singh's Interview by the Hindu.
22 March 2004.
For a person who once wielded unequivocal influence over 84 village panchayats, he is surprisingly low-key. The 75-year-old Bharatiya Kisan Union founder, Mahendra Singh Tikait, spoke to Gargi Parsai on the problem of farmers in his village of Sisoli in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Excerpts:
What is the condition of the farmer today?
He is suffering, whether it is from drought or from man-made situations. The sugarcane factories are not paying in time and farmers are getting into debt. We are like bonded labourers. There is no employment in villages. Our youth are getting wayward and taking to alcoholism and petty crime.
We know that the sugarcane sown here has a recovery of 13.5 per cent for the early variety and 11 per cent for the late variety. But even if the mills show a recovery of 8 per cent and the price of sugar is Rs. 12 a kg, then the sugarcane grower should get a minimum of Rs. 96 a quintal as his price. That is not happening and the price of all inputs have gone up.
But no one is listening to farmers. They have to patiently tolerate everything. This is the second year in a row that farmers have been pushed back.
Have the Kisan Credit Cards made a difference?
These are Kisan Credit "Kaals" (disasters) because the farmers' land is mortgaged. Even for a minimum credit loan limit of Rs. 10,000 per acre, a farmer's entire land, which is worth lakhs, is mortgaged to the bank.
There have been several instances where if the farmer has been unable to pay, such land has been attached and deposited in the District Magistrate's khata (account).
So, this card will bring disaster to the farmer. You will see the results in the next four years.
But then why is the farmer not protesting? What has happened to kisan movements?
The farmers are divided today. They are divided in biradariwad (communities).
Is the BKU not uniting them?
We have brought together 40 per cent farmers over 15 to 16 years, whereas it took 90 years to get freedom from the British. But farmers must get out of biradariwad.
After Charan Singhji ...
Chaudhary Charan Singh to is kalyug ke avtaar the (Chaudhary Charan Singh was a messiah of this era). Nobody can reach him or be compared to him. We can only remember him, not step into his shoes.
But his son, Ajit Singh, has inherited his populism amongst the Jats in this region?
Youth are now seeking a change. Not on the basis of caste or community, but on humanitarian grounds.
Is that why you have formed a party?
Yes, our karyakartas (workers) wanted that. They made Rakesh (his son) the president.
The Government says that there is a "feel good" factor in the country.
They're right. But change these words to gur fail (jaggery fail). We go to the Government seeking protection and they say that we have to perish.
Why is the farmer not getting the price for his produce? Why is he indebted? Why are MPs and MLAs not in debt?
They have lakhs in Swiss bank, where the minimum you've to deposit is Rs. 1 crore.
Now they're saying there will be contract farming. This is another step to push out small and marginal farmers and bring back the zamindari system which was abolished by the efforts of Chotu Ram and Charan Singh.
The new landlords are the Ambanis and the Sahara group who have bought thousands of acres of farmland worth crores. The multinational companies who want contract farming are the new zamindars.
There was only one East India Company then which came to rule India. Now we will have so many MNCs ... you will see the results in the near future.
They've started call centres to answer farmers' queries on phone.
(Laughs). Do they know more kheti than me? Will the Prime Minister or the Agriculture Minister tell me how to do farming?
Mr. Tikait, will you contest elections?
No, I am fine where I am. I like it here in my village. Even if I was elected unanimously, I would not join politics.
22 March 2004.
For a person who once wielded unequivocal influence over 84 village panchayats, he is surprisingly low-key. The 75-year-old Bharatiya Kisan Union founder, Mahendra Singh Tikait, spoke to Gargi Parsai on the problem of farmers in his village of Sisoli in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Excerpts:
What is the condition of the farmer today?
He is suffering, whether it is from drought or from man-made situations. The sugarcane factories are not paying in time and farmers are getting into debt. We are like bonded labourers. There is no employment in villages. Our youth are getting wayward and taking to alcoholism and petty crime.
We know that the sugarcane sown here has a recovery of 13.5 per cent for the early variety and 11 per cent for the late variety. But even if the mills show a recovery of 8 per cent and the price of sugar is Rs. 12 a kg, then the sugarcane grower should get a minimum of Rs. 96 a quintal as his price. That is not happening and the price of all inputs have gone up.
But no one is listening to farmers. They have to patiently tolerate everything. This is the second year in a row that farmers have been pushed back.
Have the Kisan Credit Cards made a difference?
These are Kisan Credit "Kaals" (disasters) because the farmers' land is mortgaged. Even for a minimum credit loan limit of Rs. 10,000 per acre, a farmer's entire land, which is worth lakhs, is mortgaged to the bank.
There have been several instances where if the farmer has been unable to pay, such land has been attached and deposited in the District Magistrate's khata (account).
So, this card will bring disaster to the farmer. You will see the results in the next four years.
But then why is the farmer not protesting? What has happened to kisan movements?
The farmers are divided today. They are divided in biradariwad (communities).
Is the BKU not uniting them?
We have brought together 40 per cent farmers over 15 to 16 years, whereas it took 90 years to get freedom from the British. But farmers must get out of biradariwad.
After Charan Singhji ...
Chaudhary Charan Singh to is kalyug ke avtaar the (Chaudhary Charan Singh was a messiah of this era). Nobody can reach him or be compared to him. We can only remember him, not step into his shoes.
But his son, Ajit Singh, has inherited his populism amongst the Jats in this region?
Youth are now seeking a change. Not on the basis of caste or community, but on humanitarian grounds.
Is that why you have formed a party?
Yes, our karyakartas (workers) wanted that. They made Rakesh (his son) the president.
The Government says that there is a "feel good" factor in the country.
They're right. But change these words to gur fail (jaggery fail). We go to the Government seeking protection and they say that we have to perish.
Why is the farmer not getting the price for his produce? Why is he indebted? Why are MPs and MLAs not in debt?
They have lakhs in Swiss bank, where the minimum you've to deposit is Rs. 1 crore.
Now they're saying there will be contract farming. This is another step to push out small and marginal farmers and bring back the zamindari system which was abolished by the efforts of Chotu Ram and Charan Singh.
The new landlords are the Ambanis and the Sahara group who have bought thousands of acres of farmland worth crores. The multinational companies who want contract farming are the new zamindars.
There was only one East India Company then which came to rule India. Now we will have so many MNCs ... you will see the results in the near future.
They've started call centres to answer farmers' queries on phone.
(Laughs). Do they know more kheti than me? Will the Prime Minister or the Agriculture Minister tell me how to do farming?
Mr. Tikait, will you contest elections?
No, I am fine where I am. I like it here in my village. Even if I was elected unanimously, I would not join politics.
ankurbaliyan
New member
I pay homage to my grandfather's best friend with bottom of my heart.... I met him, just a month ago during my last trip to India... He was unable to speak and it seems that he Death is certain....but so sooner I never expected....I am shocked and surprised...This is really a very bad newz....I need sometime ......may god give peace to his soul in heaven...He was a true Kisan leader.....
rajveersanwal
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Gaon khedi sansanwal distt bhiwani haryana kisano ke mahan neta ch mahendendra singh tikait ke dehaant par shok vyakt karta hai aur unki atma ki shanti ke liye ishwar se prarthana karta hai.
चो. महेंदर सिंह टिकेत के निधन से, किसानो के अधिकारों की लड़ाई के एक युग का अंत हो गया है !
किसान संघर्ष के प्रतिक, श्री टिकेत ने सबसे बड़े किसान नेता के रूप में ख्याति ही नहीं पाई, बल्कि समय २ पर , बड़े २ आंदोलनों की अगुवाई करते हुए किसान आन्दोलन को नए आयाम दिए !
ठेठ देहाती भाषा में बयानबाजी से कई बार उनकी लोकप्रियता प्रभावित होती रही, फिर भी कोई और किसान नेता उनका स्थान नहीं ले पाया ! शायद इसका एक मुख्य कारण, किसान अधिकारों के प्रति उनका इमानदारी और समर्पण ही रहा होगा ! किसी भी राजनीतिक पद का लालच भी उनको प्रभावित नहीं कर पाया !
ईश्वर, उस महान आत्मा को शांति प्रदान करे और उनके परिवार व् सहयोगियों को इस असीम दुःख की घडी में हिमत और होसला प्रदान करे!
सत्यपाल
किसान संघर्ष के प्रतिक, श्री टिकेत ने सबसे बड़े किसान नेता के रूप में ख्याति ही नहीं पाई, बल्कि समय २ पर , बड़े २ आंदोलनों की अगुवाई करते हुए किसान आन्दोलन को नए आयाम दिए !
ठेठ देहाती भाषा में बयानबाजी से कई बार उनकी लोकप्रियता प्रभावित होती रही, फिर भी कोई और किसान नेता उनका स्थान नहीं ले पाया ! शायद इसका एक मुख्य कारण, किसान अधिकारों के प्रति उनका इमानदारी और समर्पण ही रहा होगा ! किसी भी राजनीतिक पद का लालच भी उनको प्रभावित नहीं कर पाया !
ईश्वर, उस महान आत्मा को शांति प्रदान करे और उनके परिवार व् सहयोगियों को इस असीम दुःख की घडी में हिमत और होसला प्रदान करे!
सत्यपाल
श्री महेंदर सिंह टिकैत का निधन न केवल उनके परिवार के लिए बल्कि निश्चित रूप से समस्त किसान समुदाय के लिए एक बुरा समाचार है I किसान वर्ग के इतने सच्चे प्रतिनिधि बहुत कम हुए हैं जिनका अपना कोई गुप्त और व्यक्तिगत agenda कभी नहीं रहा I उनकी सादगी और बोली का खड़ापन शायद उनकी और किसानों की नजदीकी को और पुख्ता करता था I निसंदेह वे एक कद्द्दावर, इमानदार और निर्भीक किसान नेता थे I उनकी कद काठी वैसे भी काफी प्रभावशाली थी I मुझे एक वाकया याद आ रहा है 1986 का जब दिल्ली बोट क्लब पर वे किसानों की एक एतिहासिक सभा में मंच पर बैठे थे और मैं भी अपने कुछ नौजवान साथियों के साथ कुतूहल वश उनका भाषण सुनने पहुंचा था और हमारा दल मंच के बिलकुल करीब खड़ा था I जब हमारे ग्रुप ने कार्यकर्ताओं के पीछे चले जा कर बैठ जाने के अनुरोध की अनसुनी कर दी तो टिकैत साहब को गुस्सा आया और उन्होंने ने झट से मंच से उठकर हमें इतनी जोर से पीछे धकेल दिया की हम गिरने से बाल बाल बचे i तब हमें उनकी जिस्मानी ताकत का भी एहसास हुआ परन्तु हमें उनके इस gesture पर तनिक भी नाराज़गी नहीं हुई क्योंकि हम जवानी के नशे में गलती पर थे i दिवंगत टिकैत साहब जैसी साफ़ नीयत के, कर्मठ और त्यागी लोग आजकल काफी कम हैं. उनके परिवार को हमारी हार्दिक संवेदना i
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urmiladuhan
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22 March 2004.
For a person who once wielded unequivocal influence over 84 village panchayats, he is surprisingly low-key. The 75-year-old Bharatiya Kisan Union founder, Mahendra Singh Tikait, spoke to Gargi Parsai on the problem of farmers in his village of Sisoli in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Excerpts:
What is the condition of the farmer today?
He is suffering, whether it is from drought or from man-made situations. The sugarcane factories are not paying in time and farmers are getting into debt. We are like bonded labourers. There is no employment in villages. Our youth are getting wayward and taking to alcoholism and petty crime.
We know that the sugarcane sown here has a recovery of 13.5 per cent for the early variety and 11 per cent for the late variety. But even if the mills show a recovery of 8 per cent and the price of sugar is Rs. 12 a kg, then the sugarcane grower should get a minimum of Rs. 96 a quintal as his price. That is not happening and the price of all inputs have gone up.
But no one is listening to farmers. They have to patiently tolerate everything. This is the second year in a row that farmers have been pushed back.
Have the Kisan Credit Cards made a difference?
These are Kisan Credit "Kaals" (disasters) because the farmers' land is mortgaged. Even for a minimum credit loan limit of Rs. 10,000 per acre, a farmer's entire land, which is worth lakhs, is mortgaged to the bank.
There have been several instances where if the farmer has been unable to pay, such land has been attached and deposited in the District Magistrate's khata (account).
So, this card will bring disaster to the farmer. You will see the results in the next four years.
But then why is the farmer not protesting? What has happened to kisan movements?
The farmers are divided today. They are divided in biradariwad (communities).
Is the BKU not uniting them?
We have brought together 40 per cent farmers over 15 to 16 years, whereas it took 90 years to get freedom from the British. But farmers must get out of biradariwad.
After Charan Singhji ...
Chaudhary Charan Singh to is kalyug ke avtaar the (Chaudhary Charan Singh was a messiah of this era). Nobody can reach him or be compared to him. We can only remember him, not step into his shoes.
But his son, Ajit Singh, has inherited his populism amongst the Jats in this region?
Youth are now seeking a change. Not on the basis of caste or community, but on humanitarian grounds.
Is that why you have formed a party?
Yes, our karyakartas (workers) wanted that. They made Rakesh (his son) the president.
The Government says that there is a "feel good" factor in the country.
They're right. But change these words to gur fail (jaggery fail). We go to the Government seeking protection and they say that we have to perish.
Why is the farmer not getting the price for his produce? Why is he indebted? Why are MPs and MLAs not in debt?
They have lakhs in Swiss bank, where the minimum you've to deposit is Rs. 1 crore.
Now they're saying there will be contract farming. This is another step to push out small and marginal farmers and bring back the zamindari system which was abolished by the efforts of Chotu Ram and Charan Singh.
The new landlords are the Ambanis and the Sahara group who have bought thousands of acres of farmland worth crores. The multinational companies who want contract farming are the new zamindars.
There was only one East India Company then which came to rule India. Now we will have so many MNCs ... you will see the results in the near future.
They've started call centres to answer farmers' queries on phone.
(Laughs). Do they know more kheti than me? Will the Prime Minister or the Agriculture Minister tell me how to do farming?
Mr. Tikait, will you contest elections?
No, I am fine where I am. I like it here in my village. Even if I was elected unanimously, I would not join politics.
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May his sould rest in peace!
Regards,
Urmila.
rajendratanwar
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May his soul rest in peace
ankurbaliyan
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Chaudhary Sahab jaise log marte nahi....Amar ho jate hai...Itihass marte nahi.....wo to bharat ka wo itihass hai jo khabi bhulaya nahi ja sakega...Kissano ka ithass main unka naam sada bade he aadar ke saath likya jayga....
rinkusheoran
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may his soul rest in peace
bishanleo2001
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Bhagwaan Unki Aaatma ko shanti de.......
vivekgathwala
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Rest In Peace
upendersingh
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News of Mahendra Singh Tikait's demise on Star News
Heartfelt condolences for his soul.
Heartfelt condolences for his soul.
bhonindra4
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Mouring the death, We have lost our grandfather, It is a huge blow to all the farmers, one chapter ends here, his fighting for farmers rights will always be remembered. He was a fearless leader and fought till the last breath of his life devoting all his life for farmers. An unsung hero for many.
Rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
anilsangwan
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A great Kisan leader(not politician). I remember seeing him in my village while he was returning back from Satnali (M Garh Dist) after a successful agitation againt the killing of farmers.
A tall person clad in dusty white clothes,could be seen from far, he stopped for having "hukkah" with community people. May be he was not highly educated and couldnt speak "sugarcoated lies" like today's politicians, but he had enormous courage and power to lead people.
Controversies will always be associated when one becomes famous and tall figure. Same happened to him as well. But still his simplicity and frank talks were the biggest assets with which he was still the god for the farmers.
As many worthy people said here, an era ends with his demise! May his soul rest in Peace!!!
A tall person clad in dusty white clothes,could be seen from far, he stopped for having "hukkah" with community people. May be he was not highly educated and couldnt speak "sugarcoated lies" like today's politicians, but he had enormous courage and power to lead people.
Controversies will always be associated when one becomes famous and tall figure. Same happened to him as well. But still his simplicity and frank talks were the biggest assets with which he was still the god for the farmers.
As many worthy people said here, an era ends with his demise! May his soul rest in Peace!!!
Great soul...
A great Leader and a Greater Soul was Ch Mahender Singh Tikait.
I have absolutely no doubt that his soul shall not only rest in eternal peace in heaven but hopefully awaken the dead souls of many on this earth.
And if there is a God sitting on a 'Sinhasan' in heaven, Chaudhary Saheb would have surely given a piece of his mind even to HIM...
A great Leader and a Greater Soul was Ch Mahender Singh Tikait.
I have absolutely no doubt that his soul shall not only rest in eternal peace in heaven but hopefully awaken the dead souls of many on this earth.
And if there is a God sitting on a 'Sinhasan' in heaven, Chaudhary Saheb would have surely given a piece of his mind even to HIM...