Rakesh Tikait's financial worth revealed, farmer leader has assets worth Rs 80 crore- In Pics

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in the helm of farmers' protest is reportedly financially worth a whopping Rs 80 crores. This has intrigued people who want to know more about Tikait.

Rakesh Tikait was once employed with the Delhi Police as Sub Inspector. Like his father Mahendra Singh Tikait, Rakesh also wields considerable clout in western Uttar Pradesh.

Rakesh Tikait has assets in 13 cities including Muzaffarnagar, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bijnor, Badaun, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Dehradun, Roorkee, Haridwar, and Mumbai.

Rakesh Tikait, who grabbed headlines as he leads the protest at Delhi's Ghazipur border, has varied business interests in areas like land, petrol pumps, showrooms, brick kilns, and others.

Rakesh Tikait was born on June 4, 1969 in Sisauli village of Muzaffarnagar district. He did his MA from Meerut University and then LLB after that.