Latest developments - with 28 updates. Monday 8th Feb : Be Informed, Be Active
1. Manmohan Singh Galoti(63) belonging to village Galoti of Khanna has passed away at #TikriBorder Manmohan Singh had come to India from Canada during pandemic & was supporting the farmers at Tikri since 3rd Dec, 2020.
2. 75 year old Jorawar Singh went missing on 26th of January during tractor march. His daughter is crying and searching for him. His name is not even in list of people who have been arrested by Delhi police.
3. Sikh community in Fresno fund a Super bowl advert on farmers issue. It created more local news to cover the farmers protests. Sikhs thank Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer for helping facilitate the advert on farmers protest during Super Bowl in their area.
4. List of 1178 accounts submitted to twitter by GOI. GOI wants these accounts suspended. Twitter still to respond on this.
5. Navreet Singh murder by police - journalist Kulvinder Kaur writes in Sikh 24, “Two CCTV cameras were placed on the boundary next to the arch to the Andhra Education Society, which would have closely captured Navreet’s death. The protesters at the AES were determined to see that footage and wanted to confirm that it has not been destroyed yet. Building’s guard accompanied them along with police to the basement where about half an hour, farmers could not see the footage, so a technician was called out, who was sadly unable to figure out the problem. Suddenly, around twenty officials—all dressed in riot gear—entered the AES. They were led by HSP Singh, the additional commissioner of police for the Tilak Nagar division. The ACP waited outside the building while the other police officials went down to the basement room. They went down to the basement and pushed the farmers out of the room, and even dragged one farmer from the collar. One policeman grabbed the hard disk containing the CCTV footage, placed it within his chest shield, and walked out. The police officials refused to speak while declining to disclose their identities or which police station they were from.
6. Daily Post Punjabi show a video of a BJP MP who gets surrounded by locals who makes his face black and chase him off. Unclear if video is from Haryana or another state.
7. UK sikhs not happy that PM Boris Johnson tweets for Uttarkhand, but never spoken for farmers. He has intentionally always avoided the matter of the farmers.
8. Independant UK article by Minreet Kaur - My dad, ‘the skipping Sikh’, is supporting the farmers in India. Why isn’t Boris Johnson doing the same?
9. Akhand keertan has happened at Singhu border for 75 days. Daily nitnem is one all the speakers.
10. Kanwar Grewal performed at Tikri Border today. Almost every day, there are performances by Kanwar and other singers to keep the spirits high of farmers who have been here for 75 days.
11. The Guardian article - In northern California, home to a large Punjabi population, residents join backlash against laws ‘shoved down people’s throats’ by Summer Sewell
12. Uk sikhs highly offended by tweets by Twitter account “InspiringIndianwomen”. It’s tweets “Punjab needs to cleansed of lots of cobwebs .. they forgot the massacre after Indira..”.
13. Later this group deleted the tweet, but it unveiled a west london group with links to BJP.
14. Southall MP Virender Sharma realizing the massive PR disaster of being a Southall MP, then a patron and speaker at events of the group Inspiring Indian Women, that just tweeted in favour of bringing genocide on Sikh / Punjabi people. He hurriedly resigns from the group. However this does not explain why he was patron and regular speaker of a fascist group supporting a terrorist organization RSS. A huge scandal for a sitting UK MP.
15. Advocate Pavandeep Singh tweeted they are working hard to release Nodeep kaur.
16. Nodeep Kaur was due in court today. She has not been bailed on her first 2 FIR cases. Instead, there are now three false FIRs filed against NodeepKaur. Her advocate too was not aware of this. He has filed petition for bail in third case in lower court.
17. #NodeepKaur ‘s mother Swaranjit Kaur has said that she wants her daughter to be free. She said that when she saw Nodeep Kaur her feet were bleeding & she could not stand on her own, she said she could barely talk. Swarnjit Kaur says that no political party of Punjab has helped them.
18. Ontario MP Gurrattan Singh calls on world leaders to demand release of Nodeep Kaur.
19. Karen Attiah writes Opinion piece in Washington Post, ““The culture of abuse against women has been in disgraceful display: 23-year old Dalit activist and protester Nodeep Kaur was arrested and allegedly sexually assaulted by police, according to her family”.
20. Indian PM tweets, “India is very proud of the contribution of Sikhs. This is a community that has done so much for the nation. The words and blessings of the Guru Sahibs are precious.” Observers point out he said a lot but his actions never match his words. He leads a fascist regime.
21. Farmers leaders has said that Modi’s speech is an eye wash & that efforts to defame protests or protesting people are sad. SKM also hinted on the zero role played by RSS cadres in Freedom or agitations against British.
22. UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer responds to Sikh Network letter on farmers protests.
23. Conservative Party of Canada pen a letter in favour of farmers.
24. Times Now - Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh orders probe into celebrities' tweets on the farmers' stir. HM hints at probe into a possible BJP hand behind those tweets.
25. Baaz news article - Mansi Kaur: Former Members Disclose How The BJP IT Cell Is Targeting The Farmers Protest.
26. Committee to Protect Journalists - Journalists covering #farmersprotests in #India have faced arrests and legal investigations. Join us tomorrow, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. EST / 8:30 p.m. India time for an IG live with @rupikaur_ and @mandeeppunia1 to learn about the threats journalists are facing covering the protests.
27. Over 150,000 so far sign a petition asking for Kangana Ranaut Twitter handle to be removed.
28. Despite BJP govt and it’s IT cell attacking Khalsa Aid. Khalsa Aid India volunteer team is at ground zero Uttarkhand, where people are stranded and stuck due to glacier disaster.
