Latest developments - with 19 updates. Saturday 23rd Jan : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Farmer Ratan Singh (75) s/o Saudagar Singh of village Kotli Dole Shah of Amritsar district has passed away. He was part of Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh committee. Sarvan Singh Pander said that Ratan singh was taking part in agitation since Dec 15.
2. Videos shows thousands of tractor and trolleys on the Karnal to Delhi road. The numbers at the morcha may quadruple.
3. Hemkunt Foundation tweeted, “Farmer Protestors are constantly increasing as we are moving closer towards 26th January. The number has doubled in the last 24hrs and tent cities are running at full capacity. “
4. Tractor march has been approved by Delhi police for 26th Jan Republic Day.
5. 100 KM has been approved. Farmers will be allowed to march on 3 different routes in Delhi.
6. Police have to remove all barricades so farmers can join the rally. However pictures have emerged of metal floor spikes to damage tractor tyres.
7. Gurnam Singh Chaduni once again reiterated that farmers have been peaceful since day 1 and they will continue this march peacefully. He said that over 100,000 of tractors are arriving over the next few days to join the parade.
8. More revelations from yesterday’s press conference of the assassin who was caught by farmers. The plan was one group to kill Lakha Sidhana and other Punjab activists, then another group to kill the farmer leaders. Then push the message in public it’s was infighting between the leaders and the cream of them would be dead. This would cause chaos and destroy the morcha.
9. Farmers refused to had over the assassin to local police, they handed him over to senior officers.
10. The story of the assassin changed in police custody as expected. After all he said they had sent him. This is why it was so important the farmer leaders had him confess in the press conference, so the truth came out.
11. Security has been beefed up across Singhu border protest site by volunteers anticipating activities of anti-social elements. Farmers put more barricades in roads and they are keeping a strict vigil.
12. This morcha is already the worlds biggest protest. It’s already created the world biggest free kitchen (langar). Then the morcha site has hosted immense bhagti by thousands of Sikhs doing Amrit Vela and Nitnem. Now it will create the worlds biggest vehicle rally.
13. Khalsa Aid India has installed a water purifier as a lot of health issues were faced by the farmers due to unclean drinking water. Safe drinking water was a rising need and bottled water was adding on to the plastic waste.
14. Bibian playing a massive part in the morcha. Many of the frontline at her morcha. Significantly more doing the daily farming in the fields back in the villages.
15. 20,000 vehicles participated in the Farmers protest in Mumbai.
16. In village after village, Ardas is being performed as convoys start to leave for Delhi. (Pic below)
17. Gurdwara speakers encouraging participation and educating farmers in villages.
18. The first KisanPizza food distribution was carried out in Nagpur in late Dec. To highlight farmer protests & their issues some supporters of farmers got together and distributed specially made Kisan Pizzas to the poor and needy in the middle of Nagpur city. Nagpur is the headquarters of RSS.
19. Morale in the morcha site was high today with Akhand keertan darbaars on one part, Akhand Paath happening in another site, bibian having a giddha programme, cricket and volleyball being played, then Kanwar Dhillon and other singers entertaining and educating the large crowds.
