Posted on May 22, 2021

Day 177

Toll 477

#FarmersProtest

Letter

Ever since the protests began nearly six months ago, except in earlier two months, the government has not directly addressed the protests. Instead, the Sangh and the lapdog media have demonised the protests. With COVID-19 second wave some sympathetic liberals or urban middle-class also have suggested retreat.

On the other hand, the farmers who are running makeshift hospitals on sites, are now supplying medicines, oxygen, in some cases even beds to Delhi residents. There have been minimal COVID-19 deaths or virus spread at the protests.

Since the talks with government collapsed in January, there is a constant narrative that farmers do not want to talk to the government. The fact is, though there are behind the scene parleys, it is the government that got busy with state elections and ignored the farmers. The government never called the farmers for talks which were supposedly one phone call away.

Now the farmers have written an open letter to government asking for talks. Will the government respond? Maybe the Buddha knows!

To read the letter, click here.