# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rakesh-tikait
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:53:57.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rakesh-tikait"
name: "Rakesh Tikait"
slug: "rakesh-tikait"
description: "Rakesh Tikait is an Indian farmer rights activist and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). He successfully led the farmer protests in 2020-2021 to cause repeal of three farmer laws implemented by the Indian government."
tagline: "Indian farmer leader and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rakesh-tikait-IMG_20201228_210658.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.275492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "RakeshTikaitBKU"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rakesh.tikait/"
    handle:    "rakesh.tikait"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ChaudharyRakeshTikait"
    handle:    "ChaudharyRakeshTikait"
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    title: "రాకేశ్ టికాయత్"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਰਾਕੇਸ਼ ਟਿਕੈਤ"
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    title: "راکیش ٹیکیت"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump