Terming the changes in land acquisition act as "anti-farmer", Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Naresh Tikait has said farmers will continue their agitation against the ordinance which, he claimed, is in the interest of industrialists.
Addressing the farmers staging a dharna in front of the district collectorate's office here today, Tikait said the decision to issue the ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 "is anti-farmer and in favour of industrialists".
He said the government should withdraw the ordinance as it will hurt the interest of the farmers. BKU will decide its future course of action at its national mahapanchayat to be held from January 16 to January 18 in Allahabad, he added.
