MEERUT, May 3 -- The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) organised a panchayat at the Government Inter College (GIC) in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday to express solidarity with farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, who was allegedly manhandled during a 'Jan Aakrosh Rally' on Friday. The panchayat was also attended by leaders from the Samajwadi Party and Congress.

Meanwhile, police have registered an FIR based on a complaint given by BKU. The Friday incident, in which Tikait was allegedly roughed up by "anti-social elements" during a rally in Town Hall, Muzaffarnagar, in protest against the Pahalgam terror attack, sparked widespread outrage among farmers, prompting BKU leaders and workers from various districts to gather in solidarity.

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