Rakesh Tikait (born 4 June 1969) is an Indian farmer rights activist and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU).

Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Tikait was born on 4 June 1969 in Sisauli town of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

[5] Tikait had contested the 2007 UP Assembly elections from the Khatauli seat as a candidate of the Bahujan Kisan Dal (BKD) party (with Congress support), only to finish a distant sixth.

However, the mandi system enables an assured minimum support price, which will collapse gradually" said Rakesh Tikait.

[10] After violence broke out in the National Capital on 26 January (Republic Day), Delhi Police filed an FIR against Rakesh Tikait and a few other farmer leaders for their role in inciting violence on Republic Day and breach of the NOC issued by Delhi Police.