Data Story: Did The 'Farmers' Protest' Cause The Second Wave Of Covid-19 In India? by Venu Gopal Narayanan - May 11, 2021 04:58 PM (BKU (Ugrahan) Facebook) Snapshot The data is publicly availableâorigins of the second wave can be traced to the heart of the so-called farmersâ agitation, from early January 2021. Additionally, the spread of the second wave mirrors the movement of the protests. As India finally reemerges from a devastating second wave of the Wuhan virus, it is time to dispassionately understand how and why matters came to such a pass. This is an important, and vitally necessary, exercise to undertake, because, unless and until the causes of the second wave are precisely determined, we leave ourselves open to the baleful eventuality, that such devastation could happen again.