Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Naresh Tikait has expressed regret over his statement extending support to Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal (SP-RLD) alliance in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.

After appealing to people to support the SP-RLD alliance’s candidates in their respective constituencies in UP elections 2022, the BKU chief said that Kisan Samyukt Morcha is supreme and he shouldn’t have made such statements.

When asked whether he would extend support to BJP in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls 2022, Naresh Tikait said any candidate can visit him, but he won’t any endorse any political party. “BJP candidates are not our enemy, anyone can visit and seek my blessings but no one should seek endorsement,” he said.

Notably, the Tikait brothers, including Rakesh Tikait and Naresh Tikait had actively taken part in the farmers’ protests against the three farm laws which were passed by the Modi government in November 2020. However, the central governmnet repealed the three Acts in the Budget session this year.

While addressing people at Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar, Tikait said that I hope people of the state will support the candidates of this coalition.

The SP-RLD alliance has fielded Rajpal Baliyan from Budhana and Chandan Chauhan from Meerapur and Ashraf Ali from Thana Bhawan in Shamli.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a consortium of 40-odd farmers’ organisations, has announced that Rakesh Tikait will visit Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri for 3-4 days from January 21 to press for the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra whose son is accused of mowing down protesting farmers last year.

“There has been no progress. No committee has been formed on Minimum Support Price (MSP). There is only some action on withdrawing cases against farmers in Haryana, but not much progress on that count in other states, including Delhi. There has been no discussion on our demand in connection with power bills,” SKM leader Yudhveer Singh told mediapersons on January 15.