Latest developments - with 23 updates. Wednesday 20th Jan : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Young farmer Jagjit Singh Babbu (35) s/o Gurmail Singh Fauji passed away today at Singhu Border. He belonged to village Dhat of Ludhiana. Heart attack is said to be the reason of death.
2. Another farmer Dhana Singh (60yrs) has passed away at Tikri Border today due to heart attack. Dhana Singh belonged to BKU Ugrahan & was at the protest site since Nov 27.
3. Nagar Kirtan at Singhu Border dedicated to Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
4. Supreme Court issues notice to fill the vacancy created due to the resignation of Bhupinder Singh Mann from the 4 member committee.
5. Supreme Court has advised Govt to withdraw its application and that it is a matter of law and order which can be dealt by Delhi police. SC has said that it has no say on who can be allowed to enter Delhi and who can be denied entree, police should decide.
6. Dhalewal says that no conclusive decision was taken in meeting with Delhi, UP & Haryana Police about 26th Jan protest rally. He said Police has not given any roadmap yet and that they await for our roadmaps and will approve or disapprove it. He said that March will go on even if delhi police disapprove.
7. Agri companies are divided on their opinion about the laws. Company Bayer crop science maintains that the laws must be repealed. Bayer has huge market share in Punjab.
8. Talks between BJP agriculture minister Tomar & farmers unions were unsuccessful today. Next meeting on Friday.
9. The talks started 1 hour late due to minister being late. He has done this in all meetings where he has been 30 mins later, now 1 hour. Farmers stayed patient.
10. Balbir singh Rajewal raised the issue of NIA notices and told Tomar that Govt cannot try to intimidate agitating people using its agencies.
11. Farmer Union leaders discussed the BJP letter calling for attacking protestors and that attackers will be shielded. Tomar clarified that the letter was fake & an FIR has been registered at Rajendra Nagar PS. Dhalewal has raised the issue of arrests of protesting farmers in HP
12. Govt has told unions that it won’t repeal the laws and that they can go to SC for the purpose of repeal. Farm Union leaders have rejected to be part of any Supreme Court proceedings.
13. Farmer leader Chaduni initiated the discussion on MSP. Narendra Tomar said they don’t have 17 Lakh crore rupees to provide MSP.
14. Govt made proposal to suspend implementation of laws for 12-18 months. Then form a committee to look into the laws before they implement. Farmers wary and see it as a trap. They just want laws repealed.
15. Heavy police deployment at Singhu border of Male & Female officers (towards Delhi). Seems like fresh deployment. They were not told for what or for how long they have been deployed here.
16. Thousands of Tractors start to make their way to Delhi for 26th Jan protest.
17. Posters of Sikhs & Muslims put in New Delhi. Police said they are the most wanted.
18. The Tractor 2 Twitter team sent an email to more than 36 foreign embassies in India to inform about the laws related to farmers. They were told how the government is trying to suppress a peaceful protest. It was also explained how the people who help farmers are being threatened with the help of NIA.
19. Shock jock & attention speaker Kangana Ranaut had her Twitter temporarily suspended due to reports she promoted violence.
20. Leading Pandits claim Modi government and RSS are scamming money in the name of building Ayodhya temple. They said, in Babar's era, we did not get so much trouble as we are under Modi &RSS.
21. India’s National Investigation Agency is sending more letters to sikh youth and farmers, but silent on Arnab Goswami scandal.
22. Morcha sites continue with langar served, keertan and abyass.
23. Below are pictures of both farmers who passed away today.
