Yavatmal authorities refuse permission for Kisan Mahapanchayat once more

THE Yavatmal district administration on Friday as soon as once more refused permission for the proposed farmers’ rally on Saturday.
The administration had refused permission for the rally, or Kisan Mahapanchayat, for the primary time on Thursday. To be organised underneath the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the rally was to be addressed by Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait.
After the primary refusal by authorities in view of accelerating Covid-19 circumstances in Yavatmal, organisers of the rally had approached the authorities once more on Thursday, in search of permission afresh and saying they had been able to abide by all Covid rules.
But Yavatmal Disrict Collector M D Singh instructed The Indian Express, “We have refused permission again for the same reasons.”
SKM Maharashtra coordinator Sandip Gidde had mentioned on Thursday, “We are ready to hold it with just 50 participants by following all Covid norms. If we are refused permission again, we will hold a sit-in in front of the Collector office.”
Singh, nonetheless, mentioned, “A delegation had come to meet me… but they didn’t tell me anything like a 50-person only rally.”
Meanwhile, Tikait arrived in Nagpur on Friday evening and he’s set to journey to Yavatmal on Saturday as scheduled.