Despite the massive surge in the COVID cases across the country, the farmers are continuing their protest against the three farm laws

 Despite the massive surge in the COVID cases across the country, the farmers are continuing their protest against the three farm laws

On Wednesday, a video of an 'Iftar party' held at the farmers' protest on the Ghazipur border surfaced on social media. BJP spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jindal took to Twitter and shared the video of BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait where a number of other religious leaders and hundreds of people can be seen. In the clip, there's an absence of masks and social distancing. Despite the massive surge in the COVID cases across the country, the farmers are continuing their protest against the three farm laws at the borders, making the entire place a potential COVID hotspot.

The BJP Delhi spokesperson tweeted in Hindi which can be roughly translated as "Delhi is groaning from Corona. But Arvind Kejriwal's friend Rakesh Tikait is having an Iftar party by stopping the passage of an Oxygen tanker. Not a single opposition party raised a voice to stop the movement, Has the movement become larger than people's lives?" This comes after one of the principal suppliers of Oxygen in Delhi stated in a letter that one of its Oxygen trucks was delayed for 2 hours due to the protest at Singhu.

'Nobody met each other, no one shook hands': Tikait

On being asked about the about video on social media of their recent Iftar party Tikait said that COVID guidelines were followed and the Government has permitted the gathering of 50 people.

"People were sitting at a distance from each other. Gathering of 50 people permitted by Govt, there were 22-35 people. Nobody met with each other, no one shook hands," said the BKU spokesperson who was taking a dose of the vaccine at the time.

'It's our home now': Tikait

Tikait has made it clear that the farmers will not go anywhere as the border is now their home. and they will get treatment in Delhi itself. 

"Farmers are at their home. Where else will we ask them to go? Is Corona spreading from here? We've been living here for the last 5 months, it's our home now...Many farmers took the vaccine but are struggling to get the 2nd dose. We've told officers to set up camp here," he added.

Source - RepublicBharat.com 
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