The talks between the government and the farmers have remained inconclusive so far. And, in parallel, the farmers’ organizations have kept the movement alive through campaigning and social media. This has placed the government in discomfort.

Subsequently, the central government and BJP leaders are trying to blame the farmers’ protests for causing trouble to the road-supply of Oxygen to Delhi hospitals. Recently, BJP MP Parvesh had alleged that farmers’ movement has caused issues in the transportation of Medical oxygen to hospital, which has been refuted by the farmers’ organizations. Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a representative body of farmers have stressed that the farmers have kept the movement away from emergency services from day one.

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Farmers’ leaders stated that when the farmers’ organizations were distributing food packets to the migrant labourers returning homes via Anandvihar railway station, police interrupted in the process, allegedly at the direction of central government which controls the Delhi police.

In response to the allegations by the central government, Morcha has stated, “Not a single ambulance or essential goods service has been stopped. It is the government that has put strong and multilayer barricades (nails), not the farmers. Farmers are fighting for human rights and they support every human’s rights.”

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The morcha further added, “A false propaganda is being spread against farmers that they have blocked the roads and not letting oxygen into Delhi. This is completely false news. Yes, we are protesting but not against Covid-19 patients, corona warriors or common citizens. We are against the government’s discriminatory policy on agriculture.”

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The recent observations by the Supreme Court & the Delhi High Court have further made the situation of deficiency of Medical oxygen uncomfortable for GOI. Addressing GOI, Delhi High court observed, “Beg, borrow, steal. It is your job to get Oxygen.” The Apex Court compared the situation of Oxygen to that of a national emergency.

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All of these developments have now placed the government’s back on the wall, when it squandered the time to prepare for medical oxygen, hospital facilities all through last year. The government led by BJP has been single-handedly been involved in rallying in the poll-bound states, without considering the Covid19 ramifications and the ongoing second wave.

On Thursday morning, the Facebook page of Kisan Ekta Morcha through a live-streamed video showed a truck of Inox Chemicals carrying medical oxygen which was allegedly taking the route deliberately through the farmers’ protest site to create tension. The speaker on the video stated that the route to destination hospital does not go through protest sites. Though the claim is not verified, it can be safely assumed that GOI is trying to paint blame on the farmers’ movement, given the confrontation between farmers and government, and the tightening situation of Oxygen in Delhi and other places.