<p>"BKU is sincere about the land acquisition issue and will not hesitate to start the agitation on it," he said here yesterday.<br /><br />He said that the party will remain a non political organisation and its movement for the interest of the farmers will also continue.<br /><br />55-year-old Tikait was yesterday made the new national President of BKU after the death of his father and BKU head Mahendra Singh Tikait.<br /><br />76-year-old Mahendra Singh Tikait, who was suffering from bone cancer, died on May 15.<br />Naresh, the eldest son of Mahendra, was also made the head of Baliyan Khap.<br /><br />Opposing marriages in the same khap, he said he will try to make the khap council more strong.<br /><br />The government should bring an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act to enforce a ban on same khap marriages, he told reporters at Sisauli near here.<br /><br />Various prominent political leaders, including BJP leader L K Advani, RLD leader Choudhary Ajit Singh, former Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala were also present on the occasion.</p>
<p>"BKU is sincere about the land acquisition issue and will not hesitate to start the agitation on it," he said here yesterday.<br /><br />He said that the party will remain a non political organisation and its movement for the interest of the farmers will also continue.<br /><br />55-year-old Tikait was yesterday made the new national President of BKU after the death of his father and BKU head Mahendra Singh Tikait.<br /><br />76-year-old Mahendra Singh Tikait, who was suffering from bone cancer, died on May 15.<br />Naresh, the eldest son of Mahendra, was also made the head of Baliyan Khap.<br /><br />Opposing marriages in the same khap, he said he will try to make the khap council more strong.<br /><br />The government should bring an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act to enforce a ban on same khap marriages, he told reporters at Sisauli near here.<br /><br />Various prominent political leaders, including BJP leader L K Advani, RLD leader Choudhary Ajit Singh, former Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala were also present on the occasion.</p>