PRAYAGRAJ, April 13 -- Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday claimed wherever the opposition is weak, the governments will act dictatorially. "Wherever the opposition is weak today, it is not able to protest strongly against the shortcomings of the governments," he said.

Tikait was talking to media during his stopover in Prayagraj on his way to Fatehpur to meet the kin of three people killed there during a dispute on April 8.

The BKU national spokesperson also cited the examples of UP and Bihar to drive home his point of view. Talking about Bihar, where assembly polls will be held later this year, he said: "The assembly elections there should be held on the agenda of the farmers."

Tikait said the state government should g...