Latest developments - with 20 updates. Sunday 24th Jan : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Punjabi Tribune reported that 4 more farmers have died during the protests.
2. BKU Ugrahan Ekta’s member Ughar Singh (54) s/o Ajmer singh Of Dhanda (Bathinda) has passed away due to heart attack. He had come to join the tractor parade. (Picture below of elder on bicycle).
3. There is traffic jam from Kundali (Singhu Border) to Karnal (90 KMs) as a large number of tractors are moving towards Delhi to participate in farmers protests.
4. As thousands more arrive every day, shelters and tents are at full capacity at the border.
5. Farmer leaders on tractor rally requested the following for those attending the large march. - Only tractors and cars will be allowed, not trollies. Go after making security arrangements for trollies. - Pack water and food for at least 24 hours. -Make special arrangements to keep yourself warm as you may get stuck in traffic Jam. - Don’t carry any weapon including lathis.
6. Hugely controversial and hate speaking Congress MP Ravneet Bittu came to morcha today. As Sangat became aware, he was slapped up by Farmers in Delhi, then evicted from morcha. His grandfather Beanta was responsible for killing 300,000 sikh youth during his tenure as Punjab Chief Minister which he won with only 6% of the vote, as everyone else boycotted the elections. Later Jathedar Jagtar Singh Hawara, Shaheed Dilavar Singh and Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana took his grandfather to task. Ravneet Bittu has consistently spoken against Panthic Sikhs with highly derogatory language and Punjabis and Sikhs have reacted to his hate speech.
7. Observers think Ravneet intervention today’s was designed to cause issues. He has never done anything to help Punjab. He is a just a puppy of RAW.
8. Khalsa Camp India campaign against farmers suicides by sharing inspiring stories of valor from Sikh History in form of 2nd street play at Singhu Border today. Hundreds watched the play on sikh history.
9. Farmers leaders laughed at the statement of Harsimrat Badal in which she stated her husband and herself have not yet been invited to Morcha. If you believe in the Morcha, then you support it. You do not wait for an invitation.
10. Austerity, farmers style. Five tractors tied to each other to save on fuel. On the Chandigarh-Singhu highway. (Pic below). In other pictures you will see 2-3 tractors on trucks. This is just to save fuel costs.
11. Uttar Pradesh BJP government orders no diesel to be sold for tractors as farmers gear up for January 26 rally.
12. In Dehradun, sikh farmers were going to hand over their demand papers to the Governor at Raj Bhawan on tractors when a scuffle broke out between the police and the farmers.
13. Observers express dismay at the route of the 26th Jan protest. It’s seems a bit toothless.
14. Thousands of farmers marched today from Nasik towards Mumbai in solidarity with farmers protesting against the FarmLaws2020.
15. Repealing the bills only take Panjab back to where it was before; -a state where farmers’ suicides were the highest in the world. -where farmers are forced to dig 300-400 feet underwater to get water -where the Indian Government mandates no industries can enter Panjab. This is why a much larger conversation is required about the future of Punjab.
16. Farmers Plight conference today presented a lot of good information about the morcha. It was organised by BOSS and available of YouTube.
17. Modi has not done one press conference since his election, however his office had plenty of time to regularly entertain Arnab Goswami.
18. News laundry india shows that Republic Tv and Arnab Goswami have defrauded the Indian taxpayer by approximately 50+ crore by the scandal of manipulation of the ratings.
19. "The root of Delhi's domination and exploitation of Punjab is the annexation of Sarkar-e-Khalsa in 1849. This was the last time Panth Punjab was able to govern itself autonomously, develop & implement policy in line with it own unique philosophy & needs" - NSYF.
20. Security has been significantly increased by volunteer farmers on morcha sites due to events over the last few days.
