Though the eleven rounds of talks have been held between the Central government and the farmers' organizations, the stalemate has not ended yet. Both the farmers' unions and the Centre are ready to start negotiations again, but are yet to meet.
The farmers have been protesting at various borders of the national capital since November 26 last year against the three newly enacted farm laws,
Meanwhile, with the surge in coronavirus cases all over the country, the threat of the pandemic looms large over the hundreds of farmers sitting on protest at various borders of the national capital since the last four months.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has clearly said the farmers' stir will not end even if a lockdown is imposed across the country.
In the last few days Covid-19 has spread at a rapid pace breaking the earlier record of Covid numbers in the last seven to eight months.
For the first time in the country, more than one lakh infections are being reported in a single day. But in spite of the danger posed by the pandemic, the farmers are adamant to continue their protest against the new Union farm laws.
Asked about the surge in Covid-19 cases, Rakesh Tikait said, "We will not let the Centre make the farmers' protest another Shaheen Bagh movement. Lockdown may be imposed in the entire country, but the farmers' stir will continue. The requisite Covid guidelines will be followed by the farmers sitting at the protest sites."
According to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government, the total number of Covid-19 cases has gone up to 6,79,962 after 3,548 new cases were reported in the national capital on Monday. The positivity rate, however, is 5.54 per cent.