BKU leaders part ways with Tikaits

Senior functionaries of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) parted ways to form a new outfit - BKU (non-political) - on Sunday, the death anniversary of union founder Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait. Reacting to the development, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait accused the ruling BJP of " orchestrating the rebellion" in the group.