Latest developments - with 47 updates. Wednesday 3rd Feb : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Five farmers passed away today. Mata Ji named Sukhdev Kaur (70) w/o Dalip Singh from Village Mahesari Sandhuan passed away at a hospital in Moga after she was rushed from Tikri Border where she was participating in the FarmerProtest.
2. Gurjant Singh (68) s/o Visakha Singh of Cheema Mandi area passed away at around 06:30pm at Tikri Border. Gurjant Singh was part of protests since Jan 3rd 2021. His entire family was at Tikri. The family went back to Punjab for last rites.
3. Sardar Joginder Singh son S: Bhan Singh age 65 years old: Patti District Tarn Taran who first fell ill in the front and then went to the hospital and died.
4. Surjeet Singh (42) s/o Kashmir Singh of Sukarchak cheema Tarn Taran has passed away after reaching home. He went home due to fever & has passed away this morning. He is survived by 2 daughters.
5. A farmer from village Chananwal in Barnala passed away at Singhu border this afternoon. Jasmail Singh (50) s/o Ranjeet singh who was part of BKU Rajewal was part of the protests since Dec2020. The body has been sent to village. Heart attack is cause of death.
6. Announcement of RakeshtiKait from Gazipur border: The headquarters of the farmer's movement will remain Singhu border, horses are not changed during war. 40 member committee will operate, we have to learn a lot from Punjab people.
7. Stage collapsed with Rakesh Tikait and Balbir Rajewal standing on it. Too many people were standing on the stage. Both are apparently unhurt.
8. Massive crowds in Jind and warm welcome for Farmer leaders Rakesh Tikait & Gurnam Singh Churani
9. World Sikh Parliament and 167 North American Gurdwaras send a joint statement to the Kisaan morcha leaders. It’s asks farmers leaders, youth an d elders to work together and not put statements out against each other.
10. Times of India states that Haryana leaders Rakesh Tikait and Gurnam Singh Churani are on an all time high, but Punjab leaders are in fighting.
11. Delhi cannot become Tiananmen Square.-Amod Kanth. Ex Police Comm, Delhi.
12. The police are stopping langar, medication, toiletries, water, electricity and internet to the site. Many days the Supreme Court of India said farmers have a right to protest, but Delhi Police are turning it into a concentration camp against their own farmers.
13. As many langar sevadaars are elderly, they are struggling carrying food up to 1.5km from police barricades to morcha sites. They are feeding up to 25,000 daily on some sites.
14. NDTV - Delhi Police announce a Rs. 1 lakh reward for leads that could lead to the arrest on Mr Sidhu and three others, a reward of Rs. 50,000 was announced for any information that could lead the police to arrest four others, Jagbir Singh, Buta Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Singh.
15. Nand Kishor Gujjar and all identified BJP -RSS goons roam free. This is what is happening in india. Those protesting peacefully arrested, those BJP on video being violent against peaceful protestors are free.
16. US senator Robert Menendez writes to Indian Ambassador with concerns for farmers.
17. Rep Jim Costa from USA tweeted, “The unfolding events in India are troubling. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I am closely monitoring the situation. The right to peaceful protest must always be respected.”
18. USA National Farmers Union tweet in favour of Indian farmers.
19. #Farmersprotest trends No1 in India despite the constant takes down of hashtags linked to protests.
20. NDTV- Indian Government orders Twitter to comply with order to remove content / accounts linked to Farmers protests.
21. Reports that Twitter India employees are being threatened with 7 year jail sentences for not deleting tweets and content for farmers.
22. Human Rights Watch tweet in favour of farmers. They said democracy is dead in India. The government of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presiding over a dangerous regression in free speech rights in pursuit of its Hindu nationalist agenda.
23. Rihanna, John Cusack & Greta Thunberg tweet in favour of farmers has had Modi and BJP IT Cell in a spin ... so last night, they got the usual paid celebrities to respond. This included Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Ajay Devgun, Karan Johar, Sachin Tendulkar, and others. All use the same talking point and same hashtag. Similar to attacks on Pakistan, these celebrities tweet for BJP govt when required, to influence public opinion. Many speculate the BJP IT cell pay for these scripted tweets.
24. Jazzy B calls out Akshay Kumar asking where he has been for the last 2months of farmers morcha.
25. Celebrity BJP Twitter terrorist, Kanguna who’s devoted to Modi, tweets more hate to Rihanna and dubiously links her to Canadian NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.
26. Then interesting how quickly the BJP mobs came out with racist comments about Rihanna’s skin colour are prominent in Modi’s supporters responses. Fascist and racists......
27. India's right wingers flood Rihanna's post with images of her assault, glorify and trend Chris Brown, trolling her for her tweet in support of India's farmers' protests. The depravity of the Modi supporters including Kangana is next level.
28. BJP govt was so rattled by Rihanna tweet that the India Ministry of External Affairs make a public statement on the matter.
29. Greta Thunberg calls BJP a fascists regime and give farmers a 5 points plan.
30. US Vice Presidents niece Meena Harris tweets in favour of farmers.
31. NBA basketball star Kyle from LALakers tweets in favour of farmers.
32. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweets- Modi style of governance- Shut them up, Cut them off, Crush them down.
33. BBC - India’s war like fortifications against farmers.
34. UK MP Neil Obrien write to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Rabb with concern about treatment of farmers in India.
35. Vogue article - “We Have To Fight”: Why It’s Women At The Forefront Of India’s Farming Protests, And How To Help.
36. Washington post article - India is at war with itself — and even Rihanna is noticing.
37. Metro article on farmers issue - Why is Rihanna tweeting about Indian farmers and how can you help them? The article widely quotes Saving Punjab.
38. Delhi police book a case against social activist and anti-rape activist Yogita Bhayana as she tweeted in favour of farmers. It’s a policing of silencing the public.
39. At around 6 pm today, police personnel posted at #Singhu border, refused entry to Newslaundry reporter @NidhiSuresh_ . A police official said this wasn't an 'official ban' but only journalists with 'national media authorised press cards' would be allowed to enter.
40. 'No Compensation For Families Of Farmers Who Died During Protests': BJP Agriculture Minister Tomar.
41. Agriculture Minister Tomar then said that barricading & Internet ban is a local admin issue & that centre has nothing to do with it.
42. This is factually incorrect as Delhi police functions under HMO. Observers say Tomar lies in the Parliament & stays silent on curbing dissent of farmers.
43. “Fight China & Pakistan, not our farmers.” said Gulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha. He raised concerns on innocents being held in jail after 26th. He demanded an inquiry into it and also said that journalists are targeted by the state to curb dissent.
44. Suspension of Internet & mobile dongle services along with bulk SMS to continue in Kaithal, Jind, Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjar till 5pm tomorrow.
45. A Petition was filed in Supreme Court yesterday about suspension of internet in protest areas and also about the hate speech by main stream media against Sikhs. Petition was filed by Sanpreet Singh Ajmani and Pushpinder Singh. Singh said that they are "aggrieved by the propaganda & hate news being published by some of the news channels (like AajTak, Republic Bharat, ABP news etc.) &over sites (like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram etc.) spreading hate against the entire Sikh community."
46. On bail journalist Mandeep Punia says govt should release other journalist arrested include Siddique Kappan.
47. Female Punjab activist Nodeep Kaur spends another night in Tihar Jail. Already her body covered in bruising, we ask everyone to remember her and the over 200 Singhs in custody and many others missing.
