Referring to human rights activists lodged in jails, Prasad said, “Who are these people who want to break the country? Now demands are being raised to free those so-called intellectuals who are in jail for indulging in rioting in Delhi and Maharashtra. Police have filed chargesheets, they are not able to obtain bail from the court as trials are underway. Now these people have taken refuge under farmers movement for their interest but we will not allow them to succeed in their goal.” These remarks come in the wake of some farmer groups distancing themselves from one of the key groups, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), whose members, on December 10,