Latest developments - with 32 updates. Sunday 14th Feb : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Our brother, Lakha Singh Sidhana location was raided this morning by Police, but he had already left. Badal owned PTC Channel ran a story that he was arrested, by its not true.
2. 1 lac bounty was placed on him. Sidhana an Ex Gangster turned Social Activist has been arrested today. Another prolific capture and Govt attempts to stop the power of the Youth. Sidhana has become very well respected at the grassroots level over the last few years, including in his role as the president of the Malwa Youth Federation, an organization dedicated to the revitalization of Punjabi culture and youth. In 2017, Sidhana was arrested for leading a group of youth to paint over state highway signs that were written in Hindi and English but left the Punjabi ones untouched. People trust him. Sidhana says two things shook him out of the life of a paid thug - Vahiguru and books. He talks about how during stints in jail he read Sikh history books about Bhagat Singh and Banda Singh Bahudar. It was a near-death encounter when a bullet entered the back of his head that showed him that the gangster life is not what he wanted for himself.”
3. The Badals are desperate for Lakha to be killed or in jail, as he openly speaks about their crimes against the Panth since 1978.
4. Amritsar has recorded only 34.2% polling till now in the first half of the day (Nagar Nigam Elections). Most people don’t want to vote for duo of Akalis and Congress. AAP faring well. BJP in 4th & last position. People in Punjab wanting youth like Lakha and others to come forward and new options, they have no faith in these old parties.
5. After Bapu Gurmukh Singh and Bapu Jeet Singhs release on bail. There are still :
6. Total Arrested — 143
7. On Bail — 5
8. In Police Custody — 2
9. In Jails — 136
10. Farmer leaders has said that they have met AAP leader Raghav Chadha & have demanded that all prisoners be kept in one jail to make it easy for families and legal help to be made easy.
11. Prem Singh Bhangu head of legal cell of farmer unions met Ranjit Singh the Sikh who was brutally beaten and arrested by Delhi Police. According to Bhangu, Ranjit is doing great.
12. A farmer has hanged himself in UP after being slapped by Power Dept officials & served inflated electricity bill in several thousands. This is no country for farmers. The other day UP CM Yogi spent lacs in advertising how he is helping farmers.
13. Update on #NodeepKaur - Punjab Women’s commission chairperson Manisha Gulati has met Home Minister Amit Shah to appraise HM about the human rights violations committed against Nodeep.
14. Modi Govt has got Twitter to closed the account of Gurpreet Singh artist, who has been doing a lot of artwork in favour of the farmers and been in the morcha.
15. Another massive Maha Panchayat today. More scheduled over next few day’s.
16. Baaz news - Freezing Rain Does Not Stop Philadelphia Solidarity Farmers Protest. Despite the threat of a winter storm, some attendees traveled to the Gurdwara from New Jersey and New York by a bus organized by volunteers
17. Farmers trade unions in France write to express solidarity.
18. Teachers Unions in BC, Canada write in favour of Farmers protests.
19. Punjabi community in Stockholm thanked @GretaThunberg for support to the farm protests.
20. Many observers are saying that India is using soft power of its production of Covid vaccines. This is being used to maintain silence from western countries on the fascism in India.
21. Many farmers have now dug their own toilets around morcha sites, since Delhi police barricades stopped them access to toilets, water, medications, electricity and wifi.
22. Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV has served a cease and desist notice to media trade portal BestMediaInfo.com asking it not to publish a news report claiming that several companies had cancelled advertising contracts with the channel since October, the website reported on Friday. “The brands apparently acted after BestMediaInfo.com published a news report (dated September 28, 2020) about advertisers asking news channels to stop broadcasting toxic content,” the website claimed. “The news report led to a wider discussion on the subject, with more advertisers echoing the same views.”
23. Delhi Police Cyber Cell arrested 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru on 13th February for her alleged role in spreading 'toolkit' related to farmers protest. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
24. In an immediate response, Karuna Nundy, an Indian supreme court lawyer, tweeted: “Disha’s the daughter of a single mother. Allegations of criminality are ludicrous, to arrest in such a case more so.”
25. Disha Ravi broke down in court room and told judge that she had merely edited two lines in the toolkit and was supporting farmers. What is wrong in that? This is how this nation treats anyone who spreads awareness.
26. Reports show that Disha Ravi was sentenced to Police remand by the judge before her defense lawyers turned up. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ The Indian judiciary like its media is a complete failure.
27. In a fascist state arrest, the Delhi police used Pegasus to track and found climate activist student in Bangalore. Delhi police swooped upon her and has 5 days of police remand and we know how young women are treated appallingly in Police custody.
28. BJP groups and tweets are targeting international activists like Rupi Kaur and others with rape threats if she comes to India. Clubhouse discussions focus on suppression of freedom of speech in India, in particular the role of Godhi media creating a hate narrative and young activists are being targeted as a result of this hate narrative of Godhi media.
29. The Guardian article - How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart. For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others.
30. People running the Farmer movement in Hisar took out a candle march in memory of the martyrs of the Pulwama attack.
31. Candle light march at Singhu border in memory of martyrs of Pulwama attack.
32. Lastly I will attack pictures of artwork by Gurpreet Singh artist who’s Twitter account was blocked at the request of India.
