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Mahendra Singh Tikait March 20, 2021 In news: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has organized Raitha Mahapanchayat in shivamogga(Karnataka), where his father Mahendra Singh Tikait had participated in a meeting of Kudremukh Ulisi in the place in January 2000. A brief note on Raitha Mahapanchayat & Shivamogga The Shivamogga city is hosting the first Raitha Mahapanchayat of southern India The sam city gave birth to farmers’ movements and the Dalit struggle Shivamogga has a long history of people’s movements. The raitha sangha took birth in the district and attracted nationwide attention with the Kagodu Satyagraha in 1951. That movement prompted many senior socialist leaders, including Ram Manohar Lohia, to visit the place. With that, the socialist movement also received significant support in the district. In later years, the struggles of seeking grant of land for the landless tenants put pressure on the governments to bring in pro-farmer laws. Dalit Sangharsha Samiti took birth in Shivamogga under the leadership of M. Krishnappa, who was teaching in a college at Bhadravati. Besides this, Shivamogga has always been at the forefront in pro-environment struggles. Writers, activists and intellectuals actively participated in the Kudremukh Ulisi (Save Kudremukh) movement. Rakesh Tikait’s father Mahendra Singh Tikait had participated in a meeting of Kudremukh Ulisi in Shivamogga in January 2000. About Mahendra Singh Tikait He was an Indian farmer leader from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India Birth: He was born in 1935 at village Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh. Party: President, Bharatiya Kisan Union Role in Farmers related movements Tikait first became a significant figure in 1987 when he organised a campaign in Muzaffarnagar demanding the waiving of electricity bills for farmers Boat Club Rally, Delhi: This rally took place in 1988 demanding higher prices for sugarcane and the waiving of electricity and water charges for farmers, which was agreed by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Protest in Lucknow-1990-92: Against U.P government, demanded higher price for Sugarcane and heavy rebates in electricity dues. And also demanded for writing off farmers’ loans up to Rs 10,000.

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