Latest developments - with 31 updates. Wednesday 27th Jan : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Farmer Naib Singh has passed after returning home from Singhu Border. Naib Singh belonged to village Ram Nivas in Bathinda. He died due to heart attack.
2. Disturbing news coming in from Baghpat where Police lathicharged on sleeping farmers at midnight. The highway has been cleared off by use of brute force. Police has released statement that it has cleared the highway as per NHAI guidelines.
3. Power supply at Ghazipur border has been cut off, Farmers are awake. Some are sitting on driver seats of their tractors.
4. As more facts come out about yesterday’s events, it’s becomes clear how it was a maliciously planned set up by the BJP. Farmers leaders spoke one after another on stage blaming police for yesterday. They said it’s was a complete set up by BJP Amit Shah, Police and Godhi media. The farmers had chosen routes through population areas, they had langar and large numbers of citizens of Delhi were welcoming them. However when the match started, the routes they were due to go that were planned were barricaded by police. As per agreement Police was meant to remove barricades. This created a jam as a lot of tractors were behind them. So police said take the route to the Red fort which was clear. The police intentionally made them go of their planned routes towards the Red Fort which should be normally secured, but was clear. The set up was to show Farmer leaders are not in control, then incite the farmers to react to the brutal police behaviour, then have media ready to shows the scenes of violence.
5. Then internet was shut down in morcha sites, while rumours were spread in the morcha sites, that army is coming to remove them, shootings on other morcha sites, etc, so farmers then leave the morcha and go home.
6. Baldev Singh Sirsa said farmers who went home were attacked on Haryana roads by miscreants.
7. Despite all the incitement, rumours, fear mongering and dirty games, the majority of farmers have stayed and held their nerve. Nobody wants a govt crackdown, but they know these laws will finish their existence.
8. The narrative of morcha now has been wrapped in Indian nationalism which is exactly what BJP and Modi wanted. They have now got every group in the morcha looking at in a saffronised nationalistic lens. BJP bring religion, caste into the conversation to divide those who had come together in the farmers morcha beyond any religion, caste or region. They want people to turn on themselves, blame each other and it’s important to regroup and refocus on the morcha aims.
9. Some people sharing old pictures of Deep Sidhu with Modi. Others sharing pictures of Balbir Rajewal with Badal. It’s a sign that Modi has achieved his task of creating infighting. All people have old pictures that they may regret in the future. None of this achieves BJP removing the laws, and none of it reigns in the ambitions of Adani and Ambani. Notably it’s Punjabis who are blaming each other, but Hindu farmer leaders are not. They recognize the devious game by BJP.
10. Lakha Sidhana went live 3 times over the night. This morning he called for everyone everyone to be calm, to stay in the morcha, not to fall prey to govt propoganda. He said it’s vital that we leave Delhi only after them stopping the laws, otherwise Punjab will not be able to stand for the next 50 years. It will fall in Gulami.
11. Police create FIR against 8 farmer leaders.
12. Deep Sidhu, Satnam Pannu become the focus of huge debate as to their motives. Strong views expressed by many sections of the community, some in favour of them, some against them.
13. Congress and AAP official going on TV media claiming yesterday’s action on Ed Fort was done by a BJP sleeper cell in the farmers protest, naming specific individuals and pictures.
14. In the same manner as Sushant Rajput case now Indian tv Channels are full on propaganda & demanding for the arrest of Deep Sidhu, Lakha sidhana, Chaudhary Rakesh Tikait, & Gurnam Singh Charuni.
15. The manner in which Deep Sidhu ran yesterday when confronted leads to more people questioning his motives. He posts video to defend himself.
16. Multiple images of Modi wiping his face with Indian flag, then BJP disrespecting Indian flag with BJP flag. Indian nationalism is a commodity that they use when convenient.
17. Advocate @BhanuPSinghRJSP shares his views on the Red Fort incident. His explains very articulately the game Modi played yesterday. Video widely shared.
18. A video by Shivam Patel goes viral where talks of walking with the farmers yesterday and how so many Delhites came out to support farmers. However Ghodi media portrayal was so different to reality.
19. On Twitter in India “shoot” trends at the top. Ghodi media propoganda leads to tweets recalling 1984 and killing of sikhs.
20. Yesterday, India based Sikh organizations Twitter accounts were disabled. Today UK and Canada based sikh organizations Twitter accounts were disabled.
21. Police has put immense pressure on sitting in protestors at Shahjahanpur to end the protests. They have been told to evict the site. Some protesting farmers from MH planning to leave tomorrow. Pressures at Faridabad & Rewari as well. If they leave it will become very difficult to get back there again.
22. At Chilla Border UP police have taken away all the tents and told protesters to leave immediately.
23. Protest in Karnal near toll plaza was also lifted today many such sit-in protests in Haryana has been lifted. This due to Haryana authorities cracking down.
24. Thousands of farmers and bibian still at Tikri and Singhu Border going strong.
25. Videos emerge of 6 officers brutally beating a sikh man yesterday. Other videos of sikhs protecting police, when farmers hitting back.
26. Hundreds attends cremation of Navreet Singh who passed away yesterday after being shot while driving his tractor. Elders at cremation said he was the only child of his parents. It’s very hard for them.
27. WSO Jaskaran Sandhu speaks on BBC World Service about farmers issue.
28. Car Rally in New York yesterday to support farmers.
29. March to Parliament which was scheduled on Feb 1st has been postponed.
30. Well known Canadian journalist and Modi supporter, TarekFatah, shared a video claiming it was from yesterday's TractorRally. This is false and disinformation against Sikhs. The video is actually from four years ago. Baaz news fact checked it.
31. The BJP govt has had 7 months to solve the issue with farmers. The negligence of having hundreds of thousands of farmers who are citizens on the streets for months, then knowing over 170 have died, then acting like the farmers will not be frustrated when they are brutally attacked by police. The govt has to look at what kind of governance they are doing. Why are the interests of Ambani and Adani being put before millions of farmers. If they communicate with farmers with sincerity then resolutions can be found, laws repealed and everyone can go home.
