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After making abusive remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and admitting his mistake, Farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait was arrested from his house on Wednesday.

“Tikait was arrested from his house in Muzaffarnagar and will be taken to the Bijnore court which had issued the arrest warrant against him,” Inspector General (Meerut) V.K. Gupta informed.

The problem started on Sunday when Tikait allegedly abused Mayawati during a rally in Bijnore. Mayawati’s supporter got angry on his remarks and wanted his arrest at any cost. A warrant had been issued soon on Monday under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Prevention Act but Tikait’s supporters clashed with police and didn’t allow them to arrest him on that day.

But on Tuesday Tikait took a U-turn telling the remarks as a slip of tongue and said Mayawati as his daughter.

It was today he surrendered telling his supporters in the village: “I do not want bloodshed; that is why I am surrendering”. The supporters were opposed to the idea of his arrest and were prepared for a showdown with the police.

Despite admitting his mistake and terming the remarks “a slip of tongue”, the farmer leader said Mayawati was seeking revenge.

Tikait’s supporters who were opposed to his decision to surrender continued to shout anti-Mayawati slogans throughout.

“If you surrender today the atrocities of this government would increase,” Rashtriya Lok Dal MP Anuradha Chowdhury told him.

Tikait’s diatribe against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief has brought to the fore the differences between the upper and lower castes in western Uttar Pradesh. With the Jat community in dominance here, Tikait’s arrest could antagonize the community.

Inside story reveals that Tikait would be seeking to bail out his two already arrested sons by the police over Monday’s clashes.

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Annoyed by farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait’s racial remarks at Chief Minister Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh Government make their mind to arrest the leader soon on Monday. Maya supporters are furious on his remarks and want his arrest at any cost.

Mahendra Singh Tikait is the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) against which an FIR is already filed under the SC/ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act. Police have done a useless effort to arrest him at Siloli village in Muzaffarnagar district where his supporters clashed with the police team injuring over dozen police men leading tension in the village.

The chamber claimed that Tikait’s remarks were insulting as well as against womanhood and should be arrested soon.

“There is no point of compromise on this situation. He (Tikait) will be arrested at any cost”, Principal Secretary (Home) J N Chamber told reporters in Lucknow.

Chamber told that the arrest is little delayed by the administration to avoid many problems to innocent patients and senior officials including District Magistrate, IG and DIG.

As Tikait was addressing a farmers’ rally in Bijnore district, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh was seen trying to warn him from using the remarks against Mayawati.

When asked the BKU leader to stop, he hurriedly ended his speech and Ajit Singh threw down his arms expressing frustration at Tikait’s action.

If convicted Tikait could be in jail for up to two years.

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