Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who has been spearheading the ongoing farmers’ protest, become once hired with the Delhi Police as Sub Inspector. Rakesh Tikait is the son of farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait and inherited his legacy on farmers’-associated problems after his death. Like his father Mahendra Singh Tikait, who along side former top Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, changed into the tallest chief of the farmers at some stage in his time, Rakesh Tikat also wields tremendous clout in western Uttar Pradesh. Hindi News
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who has been spearheading the continued farmers’ protest, was once employed with the Delhi Police as Sub Inspector.

Rakesh Tikait is the son of farmer chief Mahendra Singh Tikait and inherited his legacy on farmers’-associated problems after his demise. Like his father Mahendra Singh Tikait, who along with former prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, become the tallest leader of the farmers during his time, Rakesh Tikat also wields enormous clout in western Uttar Pradesh.

Mahendra Singh Tikait is thought to have enjoyed big assist the various farmers and had the aura to shake the political corridors of power in Delhi over farmers’ problems.
the inspiration of BKU
the inspiration of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) turned into laid in 1987 while the farmers prepared a large movement below the leadership of Mahendra Singh Tikait in Karmukheri in Shamli district. at some stage in this movement, farmers - Jaipal and Akbar - have been killed by using police firing.
It was only after that incident that the BKU was shaped and Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait turned into made its president. After this, Mahendra Tikait continued to combat for the rights of the farmers all at some stage in his life and installed himself because the “messiah of farmers’’
Mahendra Singh Tikait was the country wide President of the Indian Farmers Union for a long term and, after his loss of life, the baton turned into exceeded directly to his eldest son Naresh as the outfit’s chief and his second son Rakesh as its national spokesperson.
The Tikait extended family
Mahendra Singh Tikait was married to Baljori Devi. they have four sons and two daughters. Mahendra Singh Tikait's eldest son is Naresh Tikait, who's presently the national President of the BKU, the second is Rakesh Tikait, who's the countrywide Spokesperson of the outfit.
At variety three is Surendra Tikait, who works as a supervisor in a sugar mill in Meerut. on the identical time, the youngest son Narendra Tikait works in agriculture.
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even as Mahendra Singh Tikait's elder son Naresh Tikait changed into energetic inside the Bharatiya Kisan Union, Rakesh Tikait had joined Delhi Police as Sub Inspector in 1985. during the 90s, there was a huge farmers' movement underneath the leadership of Mahendra Singh Tikait at the red fortress in Delhi. 

throughout the ones days, there has been significant political pressure on Rakesh Tikait to persuade his father to call off his stir. stuck with no choice, Rakesh Tikait quit his task with Delhi Police and stood with the farmers.
considering that then, he has been championing the farmers' troubles and emerge as an imperative part of the farmers’ motion within the usa. Rakesh Singh Tikait changed into born on 4 June 1969 in Sisauli village of Muzaffarnagar district. He did his MA from Meerut university and then LLB after that.
Rakesh Tikait changed into married to Sunita Devi of Dadri village in Baghpat district within the yr 1985. He has a son Charan Singh and two daughters, Seema and Jyoti. All his youngsters are married.
although Naresh Tikait can also have grow to be the President of the BKU, almost the reins of the outfit lie inside the palms of Rakesh Tikait, who takes all essential choices in session together with his elder brother. Hindi News