‘Farmers’ to march from Punjab to Delhi amid Covid surge, Yogendra Yadav says they won’t let govt quell the protest within the identify of COVID-19

Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), a Punjab-based farmers group that had demanded the discharge of suspects in each the Elgar Parishad case and the Delhi riots case, has introduced a march to Delhi on April 21 in an effort to protest in opposition to the Farm legal guidelines. This march comes at a time when Delhi goes by a surge in Coronavirus instances, with testing amenities getting overwhelmed.
#NewsAlert | Kisan union says protesting farmers are going to march from Punjab to Delhi. pic.twitter.com/6zi4vxip9R— TIMES NOW (@OccasionsNow) April 20, 2021
According to their assertion, the farmer union leaders mentioned other than farmers, ladies, tribals, unemployed folks and socially deprived teams can even take part within the march.
Several different farmer teams are additionally doing preparations for a march to Delhi. Kul Hind Kisan Sabha, a farmer union, is organizing farmer meets on the village stage in an effort to enhance participation on the protest in Delhi.
“Rumours are being spread that farmers have started leaving the protest sites. Farmers have not lost hope and will leave their villages on April 21 after the harvest season is over. We will implement whatever directions will be issued by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha,” mentioned Karmvir Kaur Mahewhwari, an activist of Kul Hind Kisan Sabha.
On Monday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) determined to launch the ‘Phir Delhi Chalo’ motion from April 24, marking 150 days for the reason that begin of the Farmer protests. The SKM is a joint discussion board of farm unions that spearheads the farmer’s protest.
According to SKM Member Ashish Mittal, as farmers had been away for wheat harvesting, the main target of SKM would first be on calling them again. He additionally mentioned that BKU (Ugrahan) had known as upon its members to begin reaching the Tikri border from April 21.
Amid rising Coronavirus instances, the Centre and Haryana authorities have urged farmers to vacate the protest websites, however protesting farmer union leaders have urged the alternative
“Now that the reaping season is over, we are asking farmers to return. Repeated requests from ministers asking us to move out are just a prelude to an effort at uprooting us,” mentioned Yogendra Yadav, president of Jai Kisan Andolan.
Yogendra Yadav additional alleges that the federal government is hatching a conspiracy within the garb of anti-Covid measures to quell their protest. “They used the same trick last year. We will not let it happen,” he mentioned. 
“We will spread awareness about health and hygiene protocols one needs to adopt in view of Covid-19. All our colleagues will be asked to wear masks,” added Yadav.
The farmer leaders additionally mentioned that they may arrange vaccination camps in any respect protest websites. Anyone above 45 years can stroll in and get vaccinated, they are saying, along with ambulances being obtainable.
Thousands of farmers are protesting primarily at three websites round Delhi– Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur, since late November. The protestors are primarily from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.