The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has announced a series of protests, including burning of the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump at all villages against the India-U.S. bilateral agreement.
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait told reporters in Delhi on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) that the Union Government had lost the trust of farmers and the trade agreements with the U.S. and the European Union would have far-reaching adverse impacts on farmers.
Mr. Tikait said a series of recent policy announcements, such as the Seeds Bill and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, were targeted against farmers. The peasants would support workers in the general strike convened by the Central Trade Unions on February 12.
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Mr. Tikait said the actual texts of the trade agreements with the U.S. and the E.U. had still not been made public, and their details remain hidden behind a “veil of secrecy”. He demanded that India must withdraw completely from the agreements with the U.S. and the EU, or at the very least, remove all agriculture-related provisions from it.
