Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait
Amid worry of Covid-19 unfold within the protest websites, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday mentioned that the federal government should open a vaccination centre at the protest websites.
Tikait mentioned, “As the Covid-19 cases rise in the country once again, we will follow the Covid related guidelines. We will follow social distancing here. The government should inoculate the farmers at the protest sites. I will also get inoculated.”
“We won’t end the protest because of Covid fear. We will increase the size of the tents in order to maintain distance. This protest is for a cause and we will continue this till the laws a withdrawal,” he added.
Talking in regards to the rising variety of circumstances within the jail, he mentioned: “Parents of the inmates in the prisons have requested us to take up their issues. Covid guidelines are not been followed in prisons. There are a lot of prisoners and they are sleeping close to each other. Social distancing should be followed in the prisons also.”
On Wednesday, in a gathering with the Chief Ministers amid rising alarm over the resurgence of Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them to behave quick in opposition to the rising “second peak” of the pandemic, warning “if we do not stop this now, a country-wide outbreak can occur”.
