NEW DELHI—In a tragic incident, Sikh spiritual leader Baba Ram Singh today shot himself at the site of farmers’ agitation at Singhu border of Delhi in protest against the injustice by Indian government to the farmers agitating against three ‘draconian’ laws promulgated by the government. He has played a significant role in spreading Sikhi especially in Haryana, neighbouring state of Punjab.

He was participating in the agitation for the last many days. After partaking the langar today, he went to his car in which he shot himself with a gun. Found in a pool of blood, he was immediately taken to a private hospital in Sonipat where he was declared brought dead by the doctors.

Thousands of the Sikh devotees were associated with him as he was a major religious preacher and headquartered at village Singhra in Karnal district. He also left a hand written suicide note behind in GurmukhiSant Ram Singh of Singhra (Nanaksar) Gives Life in Support of Protesting Farmers, which is being examined by the Police.

Notably, he was associated to Nanaksar samprada and made key contribution to spread Sikhi in Haryana. He was very popular among the Sikh community there. It is commonly heard there saying that ‘he is preserving Sikhi in Haryana’.

He preached the teachings of Guru Sahib with the help of kirtan. He performed kirtan to spread the Sikh principles in a melodious voice. His following was not only limited to Haryana, but he was respected figures for the Sikh devotees in other countries.

Sources said he preserved land for a historic gurdwara in Ayodhya and got a multi-storeyed gurdwara building there. This is one of the best buildings of this city visited by Guru Nanak centuries ago. `

Entire Sikh community is mourning the death of such a spiritual saint. However, this act is being termed ‘supreme sacrifice’ for the cause of farmers.

Already 20 farmers participating in the agitation have died of heart attacks and road mishaps.

Reacting to the death of the Sikh saint, Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal (Mehta faction) head Baba Harnam Singh Khalsa said, “Stubborn attitude of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government has taken the life of Baba Ram Singh. How many more lives it will take? His act has shaken every sensitive person.”

It is noteworthy that the farmers are spending nights on the roads at Delhi borders in very tough conditions as the cold wave has gripped north India. Mercury dipped to 4.1 Celsius on December 14. Despite this, the Modi government is adamant not to meet their demands.

1. Three Sikhs died today, including Sardar Gurmeet Singh who passed away.
2. Sad news coming in from Mansa. A farmer Gurdev Singh Of village Khara has committed suicide by throwing himself under a train near the track at Narinderpura. He was debt-ridden for years & was losing land in return for money. He was left with 2 acres out of 20 acres.
3. Baba Ram Singh Nanaksar shot himself at the Singhu border at around 04:30 pm. This is another aspect of Singhu border which is not seen amidst the noise of the stage, and atmosphere of energy. This incident has led to a lot of discussion in the community of the manner of death. Some calling it a sacrifice, others stating mental health issues are increasing in people, as no one wants to protest, but circumstances are forcing them to.
4. A group of farmers from Punjab’s Anandpur Sahib has started an ‘informal school’ in a makeshift tent for local slum children at the Singhu border. This adds to the blood donation, feeding the poor of Delhi, cleaning Delhi, feeding the police and army, and many other social humanitarian sevas that Godi media never mention.
5. Singhu border protest has grown so large that even Ghodi admits it’s now the size of a small city.
6. Divide and rule policy by Agriculture Minister Tomar continues. He says now only one state is protesting, referring to Punjab. This is totally false. To justify his propaganda on TV he shows meetings with farmers from other states. Actual farmers leaders from their states say those on TV from their states are BJP activists just shown as farmers.
7. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the farmers’ protests could soon snowball into a national issue and the top court is, therefore, mooting formation of a committee to hold talks and settle the matter amicably, Bar and Bench report.
8. Petitions have been filed in Supreme Court to immediately move the farmers. Some observers see the Supreme Court may be used to justify the removal of protestors by force.
9. Sikhs around the world have followed Kanwar Grewal’s message to start listing products and businesses of Ambani and Adani and campaign against using them. Highlight to world media about Adani business practices in Zambia, Australia, and India, major environmental damage, and appalling human suffering.
10. Noted climate change activist Greta Thunberg asks everyone to campaign against Adani Carmichael mine in Australia. She wants everyone to use hashtag #stopadani
11. News media has started to focus on Adani business practices snd their shocking track record of environmental damage and human suffering. More press needs to be made aware.
12. Early Day Motion submitted in UK Parliament about Criminalization of Dissent in India.
13. BBC Punjabi showing interviews with Gujerat farmers complaining about the effects of Modi laws.
14. United States lawmakers express solidarity with farmers.
15. Farmers’ supporters will be protesting outside Facebook tomorrow about censorship.
16. NDTV – Farmer Protests Spark Telecom War, Jio Goes To Regulator Against Rivals
17. Vehicles of farmers going to join Kisan Morcha, Delhi, being provided free diesel by Youth from village Apra and Jajja Khurd at Ladowal Toll plaza in Ludhiana.
18. Supporters of the morcha have started giving negative reviews on Jio Savan and other apps and products linked to Ambani and Adani across Apple, Google play, Amazon and other platforms.
19. Zee news reporters heckled at protests as farmers upset at the Godhi propoganda that they do.
20. Rupi Kaur writes in Washington Post about farmers.
21. MP Preet Gill finally writes against the treatment of farmers, days after 36 MPs signed a letter by MP Tanmanjit Dhesi.
22. Kisan Ekta Morcha starts its own social media platform.
23. Seattle City Council said it stand in solidarity with Farmers protests.
24. BJP MP Sunny Deol gets Category Y security as he supports Modi.
25. United Sikhs continue to provide mobile health care services & assistance to the farmers at Tikri – Bahadurgarh border. More than 300 patients are being checked & treated through this mobile service on daily basis.
26. The Australian- Sikh farmers’ warrior spirit rattles Indian PM Narendra Modi
27. Akshay Kumar and Honey Singh promoting their new song. Akshay social media feels the wrath of the community for his silence on the farmer issues.
28. Kangana vs Diljit Dosanjh has started again. She is still clueless about the issue.
29. On Friday evening UK time, a special One show on Akaal TV about farmers protest.
30. Lastly, Modi says Gujerat is the model for the future. His policies work do well there. So we leave today’s update with a video showing a Gujerat farmer explaining what happened to his crop in Gujerat.

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD-Badal) today told the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit to ask its high command why it had abandoned the core principles of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and violated coalition ‘dharma’ vis a vis the SAD instead of indulging in hate politics which would only vitiate peace and communal harmony in the State.

Expressing shock at the “irresponsible” statements of few Amritsar abased BJP leaders who “parroted” lines as per the script handed over to them, SAD senior leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said “the Punjab BJP seems to have taken up the Congress policy of divide and rule which can only have devastating repercussions in the State. The SAD appeals to Punjabis to realize the dangerous game being played by Punjab BJP leaders who are ready to spoil the peace of the State. They are gearing up to make one brother (Sikh) fight against another (Hindu) solely to get a foothold after being overwhelmingly rejected by the people following the enactment of the three hated agricultural marketing Acts”.

Asking the local leaders to take their fight to the centre, Chandumajra said “you need to ask your party leadership why it has abandoned the moderate policies of Atal Behari Vajpayee and forgotten to take everyone along with you. Instead of spewing venom against the SAD you should ask the centre why it has taken an anti-farmer and anti-peasant line. Why is the new BJP toeing the line of the corporate sector? Why did it frame legislation without even consulting the stakeholders and why it is bent on giving a ‘gift’ which farmers don’t want?”

Asking the Amritsar based leaders of the BJP to start thinking about the welfare of the country instead of “polarizing Hindu and Sikhs into different camps in the same manner in which it polarized Hindus and Muslims against each other”, Chandumajra said “Punjab has passed through more than a decade of turmoil in the past. Don’t lay the foundation for another such spell”.

Speaking about the role of the SAD, Chandumajra said the SAD had formed an alliance with the BJP for people welfare. “We are committed to the welfare of farmers as well as poor and downtrodden sections of society besides each and every community irrespective of caste and creed. This is the reason SAD President Sukhbir Badal demanded that the CAA ambit should be widened to include Muslims in it. This is why the SAD asked the BJP high command to listen to the concerns of farmers before taking up the farm ordinances for legislation. It is the BJP which assured that all grievances would be addressed but instead of doing so it bull dozed the farm Bills through parliament”.

Finally, the SAD leader asked the BJP leaders to tell Punjabis whether the BJP had systematically targeted its opponents as separatists and even invented epithets like “tukde tukde” gang for them? “You have pitted Hindus against Muslims. You have labeled peacefully protesting farmers as Khalistanis. Now you are pitting Hindus against Sikhs in Punjab. The SAD President has only called a spade a spade. You should accept this reality and if you truly want the welfare of Punjabis you should take up cudgels against the central government instead of targeting the SAD President”, Chandumajra added.

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—The apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee is planning to send a special jatha of Sikhs to mark the first centenary of Saka Nankana at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Sahib Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. Notably, the SGPC is also planning special events to mark this historic occasion on February 21, 2021 in Punjab.

It may be recalled here that more than 260 Sikhs were brutally martyred by the mercenaries of Mahants on February 20, 1921 at Nankana Sahib when they were struggling to get this historic shrine liberated from their possession under Gurdwara Reform Movement.

Interacting with media, SGPC’s honorary chief secretary Harjinder Singh Dhami informed that the SGPC is chalking out special events to mark this historic day. “An eleven-member sub-committee has been constituted under the leadership of Jathedar Tota Singh for designing the proceedings of these events,” he added.

He further informed that the SGPC has a plan to send a jatha of around 5,000 Sikhs to mark this historic event at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Sri Nankana Sahib (Pakistan).

On being questioned whether SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur and other eminent office bearers will also be attending these centenary events in Pakistan, Dhami said that the sub-committee will decide on this issue in its next meeting.

1. A sad news from Tikri Border, another farmer named Jai Singh has passed away due to cardiac arrest. Farmer Jai Singh has three children, aged 14, 12, 10 years old.
2. Farmer Bhim Singh fell in an open sewer at night, at Kundli border. His body was found in the morning. The conditions the farmers are being forced to endure are horrible. He is survived by a 15-year-old daughter and a younger son.
3. A farmer’s son Maneet singh met an accident yesterday when he fell off from trolley near Hoshiarpur & was run over by a truck. The trolley was headed to the Singhu border. Hit & run case registered.
4. Large numbers of farmers from Uttar Pradesh reach the morcha.
5. In a major political U-turn, Kejriwal rips up the 3 laws in a Delhi session. Only days ago, he implemented some of these laws in his jurisdiction. Today he talked about Bhagat Singh as a show of his nationalism. He said these were passed without any voting in parliament and rushed through during COVID to benefit the corporations that will fund BJP. No one can even explain the benefits to farmers. He said the benefits are farmers won’t lose their land and the Mandi system won’t disappear. These aren’t benefits, they already have this today.
6. Mahendra Gopyal rips up Farm Bills in Parliament at Special Delhi Farmers Assembly as well.
7. Supreme Court today suggested that the central government put the implementation of the new farm laws on hold, adding that it will enable negotiations with farmers. However, the Centre argued that if the enactment is put on hold, the farmers will not come forward for negotiations.
8. Farmers to consult Prashant Bhushan, Colin Gonsalves, Dushyant Dave, and HS Phoolka, before taking any position on SC remarks about impleading farmers in the case and forming of a committee involving farmers
9. High Court on Thursday declined a plea seeking aid, security, and treatment of the farmers protesting
10. Flyers handed out at morcha to boycott Ambani products like his oils.
11. Farmer supporters around the world start making lists of companies and products linked to Ambani and Adani. Boycotts include Hamleys and Jio.
12. Army officers from UP post videos saying the army are sons of farmers and show solidarity with farmers.
13. Sikh Relief and Sikh Assembly have got hundreds of mattresses and converted a wedding complex at Singhu border to the house of at least 1200 Morcha participants.
14. They require more doctors and nurses at the morcha sites to help the protestors cope with conditions.
15. Northern Rail General Manager said they lost incurred losses of 2000-2400 crores rupees due to Farmers protests.
16. Gazipur border is closed for traffic coming from Ghaziabad to Delhi due to farmers protests
17. Maharashtra minister Ashok Chavan writes to CM, says farm laws shouldn’t be implemented in the state
18. From Hisar, BJP Lok Sabha member and former Union Minister Birender Singh has raised the flag against his own party and government and supporting farmers.
19. Republic TV and Zee TV continue their Godi media role by attacking the farmers. Public opinion seems to be shifting towards farmers despite so much Godi media propaganda.
20. Ravish Kumar speaks against Godi media channels’ portrayal of farmers.
21. L-fresh from Australia has removed his music from Jio-Savan in solidarity with Farmers.
22. Modi to address national media tomorrow on farmer issue. BJP had a meeting of Amit Shah and general secretaries today.
23. Observers say a team of high officials of Punjab Police is stationed in Delhi to find ways to sabotage Farmers Protest.
24. The elder farmer who has been cycling 500 km in freezing weather from Jagroun for days arrived today in Delhi morcha.

AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab Bureau—Giani Harpreet Singh, SGPC-appointed acting jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, today stated that the Delhi Takht had always deprived oppressed people of justice right from the Mughal period.

While interacting with the media here, he recalled the times when Delhi was the capital of Mughal rulers and then British rulers. “Even during the regimes of Mughal and British, Delhi oppressed the people going by history. The same thing is happening even today when the farmers are being forced to spend nights on the roads amid extreme cold waves. However, this plight is not able to melt the heart of the government. This has made us believe firmly that Delhi can never deliver justice to the people being oppressed,” he said.

Responding to a query on Sikh saint Baba Ram Singh Nanak’s giving his life in protest against the union government over three farm laws and deaths of other farmers, Giani Harpreet Singh said these are unfortunate incidents. “The farmers are losing a life on a daily basis because it is very difficult for them to spend nights on the roads in this unfavorable weather conditions when we are facing the extreme cold.”

“To see the scenes of the farmers sleeping on the roads, everyone with even an iota of sensitivity is being shaken but surprisingly not the Modi government. This government is showing an indifferent attitude towards the plight of the farmers. This attitude is painful,” he said.

He expressed satisfaction that the Sikh community is playing a leading role in the unprecedented agitation going on at the borders of Delhi. He said the efforts being made by the Sikh organizations to help the agitating farmers are laudable.

Remembering 9^th Sikh master Guru Teg Bahadar Jee on His Shaheedi Diwas (martyrdom day) that is to be observed at Sri Harmandar Sahib on December 19 as per modified Nanakshahi calendar, he said, “The martyrdom of Guru Sahib shows the world way to fight against the tyranny of people and abuses of human rights of the society.”

This is the fourth occasion when the Jathedar has criticized the Modi government harshly over the issue of farm laws which are considered as fatal for the farmers and have set the tilling class on warpath against the union government of India. However, the government is adamant to retain the laws at every cost. Several rounds of the talk held between the farmer organizations and government have also failed.

While farmers agitating against three farm laws enacted by the central government of India are fighting for their survival, leaders of major political leaders of Punjab are indulging in blame-game instead of doing anything constructive to ensure justice to the farmers.

No single day passes without the statements issued by these leaders against each other on these farm laws. However, they are not united to fight for the interests of the farmers. They criticize the central government that has introduced the “draconian” laws, less but each other more.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is silent over the role being played by the BJP-led central government in case of resolving farm laws for the last many days, but he takes no time to issue statements to counter the allegations leveled against him on this issue.  

A few days ago, a Twitter war ensued between him and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over the laws when the former termed a “drama” the latter’s announcement of a fast with the farmers.

Kejriwal tweeted to Amarinder saying he has been a “sewadar” of farmers and stood by them. He even accused Amarinder of “selling the farmers’ protest by having a ‘setting’ with the Centre to get his son exonerated in ED case”. Amarinder hit back at Kejriwal calling him “a coward who had run scared and apologised when cornered in a defamation case by SAD’s Bikram Majithia”.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD-Badal) leaders especially its president Sukhbir Badal and his wife Harsimrat Badal are also in a verbal war with both the chief ministers.

Harsimrat fumed over Kejriwal tearing up copies of three laws in Delhi assembly. She condemned Kejriwal for “insulting” the farmer struggle with “cheap theatrics” by tearing copies of the farm laws which he was among the first to notify in the country.

Captain Amarinder Singh today said both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) were a bunch of hypocrites whose double standards on the farm laws had exposed their lack of commitment to the farmers.

“AAP and SAD MLAs never say what they mean, and vice versa,” said the Chief Minister in an informal interaction with media persons here after the launch of second phase of Punjab Smart Connect Scheme.

When his government passed Bills in the Vidhan Sabha to negate the Centre’s black farm laws, both AAP and SAD MLAs extended support, but then both the parties changed their tune to suit their political interests, said Captain Amarinder. “And now, in a bid to exploit the farmers’ agitation, they have again done a U-turn on the issue and are projecting themselves as the messiahs of the farmers, whose interests both parties had been instrumental in pawning off to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),” he quipped.

The Chief Minister pointed out that while SAD was party to the introduction of the farm ordinances in the first place, the AAP government in Delhi had been quick to implement one of the draconian laws.

1. Uttar Pradesh: Six Farmer Leaders Asked To Submit ₹50 Lakh Bonds For Allegedly Spreading ‘Misinformation’ on Farm Laws. RSS plays hardball to scare farmers from states other than Punjab and Haryana.
2. BKU’s (Asli) state youth president Rishabh Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh said sending notices of such a huge amount is harassment by the government. “We all are peacefully holding protests against the new farm law. We all have rights to raise an objection against wrongdoing.”
3. Kept Under House Arrest, Gujarat Farmers’ Leaders Disguise Themselves to Join Delhi Protests. Huge embarrassment for Modi.
4. IBN24 journalist Akarshan Uppal who exposed the Adani group’s secretive forays to acquire hundreds of acres of land before the passing of the new farm bills is in critical condition after being severely beaten by unknown men in Karnal, Haryana. As outrage grows over the journalist’s attack, more fingers are pointing towards the Adani group’s involvement in the incident.
5. 10 economists write to Tomar, seek repeal of farm laws. ‘Not in best interests of small and marginal farmers’
6. Modi goes on TV to make promises about MSP but no mention of it written in the laws.
7. Outrage at journalists who exposes Adanis 100 acre storage site is beaten up and in critical condition.
8. Protests About Indian Farming Reforms Have Reached Facebook’s Headquarters in Silicon Valley, California.
9. BBC article – “Facebook, in particular, has been under scrutiny after reports in the Wall Street Journal showed that a top executive had shielded members of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party from Facebook’s rules on hate speech after they posted anti-Muslim videos on the platform.
10. Another report from the Wall Street Journal published earlier this week said that Facebook did not remove the Bajrang Dal, a Hindu nationalist organization that supports violence against religious and ethnic minority groups, for fear of endangering both its staff in the country and its business prospects — despite a recommendation from its safety team to remove it.”
11. The DMK-led opposition in Tamil Nadu on Friday started a day-long hunger strike in support of farmers protesting against the three new farm laws.
12. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Friday asked the central government to focus on resolving its standoff with farmers over three farm laws and keep other issues on hold
13. JagBani report false information on Morcha. Lakha Sidhana and others call for stern replies.
14. The All India Kisan Sabha made an announcement in Nasik and extended support to farmers
15. Protests spread in UP. Khaps have decided to directly participate. They plan to block roads connecting Uttar Pradesh with Uttarakhand and Delhi on December 19 to mount pressure on the government.
16. Farmers launch their own newspaper called Trolley Times, which has news from their perspective.
17. Barricading has been increased at Bahadurgarh and Singhu this morning. Police and protestors argue.
18. 500 women from Malwa region joined protests at Tikri this afternoon
19. BJP leader in Punjab, Harjeet Grewal’s life is becoming tougher, he was not allowed to step out of his car in Punjab today.
20. Huge Bhandal (roofed area) being set up at Singhu border as protestors camp in the long haul.
21. Massive need for doctors and nurses as the cold weather is biting the elderly despite the fantastic efforts of so many Sikh charities.
22. Mahoon Singh tweets – I’m taking all my music off @JioSaavn, in solidarity with our Punjabi siblings, sorry to everyone who follows me on there I’d rather you illegally download it than they make money off
23. Trains have been stopped today by sangat with supplies going to the army says Agriculture Minister Tomar
24. Website – https://asovereignworld.com/kisaan/brands claims to list brands associated with Ambani & Adani.
25. Sikh PA – tweets in reference to the boycott and protest of Toy store Hamleys which is owned by Ambani.
26. Financial Times London article called “Modi’s Rockefeller’: Gautam Adani and the concentration of power in India ” shows the nexus of relationships and claims of cronyism.
27. A local Mandir close to the protest site has offered its entire facility to accommodate over 1,000 protestors so they can sleep in at night.
28. A 60-year-old man reaches Tikri at the Delhi-Haryana border from Bihar on a bicycle to participate in a farmers’ protest. “It took me 11 days to reach here from Siwan, my home district. I urge the government to take back the three farm laws,” says Satyadev Manjhi.
29. Video of Sangat doing workouts has been shared giving inspiration to all Protestors. Gym has been expanded.
30. The father of these two young boys committed suicide due to debt. These boys deserved to see their father during their childhood. Farmers deserve better, they feed us, their children should not be wiping tears off their faces. We should support their well being. No farmers no food.

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Income Tax department that works under BJP-led central government of India, today conducted raids on Punjab’s Arhityas (farming commission agents) who are backing the agitating farmers. The agents are an essential part of Punjab Mandi system which is being scrapped under one of three laws introduced by the government, and the farmers are agitating against these laws.

The action is being termed as a tactic of the government to weaken the unprecedented struggle run by the farmers with the cooperation of the people of all walks of society.

Among the victims of the night-long raids, which were conducted in the presence of 2 bus-loads each of CRPF personnel, were Vijay Kalra (President Punjab Arthiya Association), Pawan Kumar Goyal (President Samana Mandi), Jaswinder Singh Rana (Patiala Dist President), Manjinder Singh Walia (President Nawanshehar), Hardeep Singh Ladda (President Rajpura) and Kartar Singh & Amrik Singh (Arthiyas Rajpura). A total of 14 Arhtiyas across Punjab have received notices from the IT department.

Fumed over it, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh castigated the Centre for its intimidatory tactics against Arhityas supporting the agitating farmers and warned that such draconian measures will further aggravate the angst of the people against the central government.

Terming the clearly motivated Income Tax (I-T) raids against some Punjab Arhtiyas as an obvious pressure tactic to curb their democratic right and freedom, Captain Amarinder said these oppressive actions will backfire against the ruling BJP. 

The Chief Minister said it was evident that having failed to persuade, mislead and divide the farmers into ending their prolonged protest against the black farm laws, the central government was now trying to weaken their struggle by targeting the Arhtiyas, who have been actively supporting the agitation since Day 1.

The IT raids were conducted at the premises of several big Arthityas of Punjab within a span of just four days of issuing notices, without waiting for responses to the notices, Captain Amarinder noted, dubbing it a clear debasement of the due process of law. Even the local police were not informed or taken into confidence, as is the normal procedure, and instead, the CRPF was used to provide security during the raids by the I-T teams, he further pointed out. 

“What is this if not a clear case of vendetta politics by the Centre, which is hell-bent on demolishing the farmers’ protest by hook or by crook?” asked the Chief Minister. 

Captain Amarinder observed that this was not the first instance of misuse of a central agency by the central government to browbeat dissidents into succumbing to its writ and diktats. “These bullying actions of the government do not augur well for the world’s largest democracy,” he added.

Pointing out that even the Supreme Court had upheld the people’s right to protest peacefully, the Chief Minister said the central government’s actions amounted to gross violation of the apex court’s directions and the spirit of the Constitution, which granted every citizen the right to raise his voice.

The Chief Minister said it was unfortunate that instead of hearing the voice of the farmers, who have been battling cold and Covid for more than 3 weeks now (with nearly 2 dozen losing their lives during the protest), the central government was resorting to all kinds of cheap maneuvers to break their will, he lamented.

The Centre should realize that it is not just the future of the farming community but the very Constitutional ethos of the nation that it was endangering with such acts of omission and commission, he stressed. 

Captain Amarinder reiterated his appeal to the central government not to stand on ego on the issue but to revoke the farm laws and start afresh with meaningful dialogue with the farmers and all other stakeholders to come out with more progressive reform legislations that are in the interest of all.

SAD condemns central government for carrying out vendetta raids against Arhtiyas

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal today condemned the BJP led central government for carrying out raids on prominent Arhtiyas in Punjab with the sole objective of intimidating them and forcing them to forsake the support they had extended to the ongoing ‘Kisan Andolan’.

He said this move would only spoil peace and communal harmony in Punjab and requested the centre to resist from launching vendetta politics against those dissenting against the government by using their constitutional right of freedom of speech.

In a statement here, the SAD President said it was shocking that well planned coordinated raids had been conducted on premises of a number of office bearers of the Punjab Arhtiya Association by using the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). “We condemn this oppressive action and assure our Arhtiya brethren that we will join them in protesting against such repressive measures”.

Sukhbir Badal said the central government was also going against the principle of federalism and taking on the powers of the State with this latest action. He said the centre should not misuse central agencies to settle scores against any section of society. “Such measures will only further alienate the people from the central government and could have very dangerous repercussions”.

Badal also cautioned the central government not to do anything which went against the constitutional ethos of the country. He also appealed to Punjabis to unite as one in the interest of Punjabiyat to ensure no one could spoil the peace and communal harmony in the State.

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Former union minister Harsimrat Badal today disclosed that she raised the issue of Kartarpur Sahib corridor at the meeting of the Committee of External Affairs yesterday. Harsimrat is a member of this committee. After the meeting, she alleged that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) failed to give her a satisfactory response as to why the corridor was still closed.

Requesting the MEA to facilitate reopening of the Kartarpur corridor at the earliest, she said Sikhs across the world were pained at being unable to visit the last resting place of Sri Guru Nanak Sahib on His  551^st Parkash Purb (birth anniversary) last month.

“Keeping the MEA’s response in view External Affairs ministers Dr S Jaishankar should intervene and take up the issue with the Lands Port Authority of India (LPAI) to get the Corridor reopened at the earliest”, she said.

She further said “I am of the firm view that if the entire country can open up and even assembly elections can take place, there is no reason why the Kartarpur Corridor cannot be reopened. The Pakistan government has opened the Corridor for travel nearly two months back. India should follow suit after instituting needed health protocols keeping in view the fact that the Corridor was closed temporarily on March 16 on account of the COVID-19 pandemic”.

The Bathinda MP said it was months since pilgrimage sites across the world as well as the country, which had been partially or fully closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had been reopened. She said there was an overwhelming sentiment in the Sikh community that the Corridor be reopened so that devotees could pay obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur Sahib In Pakistan as well as visit the hallowed area where Guru Sahib made a living practicing agriculture for eighteen years.

“Sikhs were hopeful that the Corridor would be reopened before the 550^th Parkash Purb of Guru Sahib on November 30 but their hopes were dashed. The community is both surprised and hurt as to why the Union government is not opening a Corridor which is a symbol of universal peace and brotherhood and denied it a chance to commemorate the 551th anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Sahib at Kartarpur Sahib”, she added.

The corridor provides Guru Nanak Sahib’s followers living in Indian Union a visa-free access to this holy place land of which was tilled by Guru Sahib for His last 18 years.

A long pending demand of the Sikh community living in Indian Union, the corridor was opened on 550^th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Sahib last year by Pakistan in agreement with India. This is a trans-border link between the gurdwara and another historic Sikh town Dera Baba Nanak, which is situated along the border in the state of Punjab.

The Home Ministry of India had suspended the pilgrimage through the corridor from March 16 this year. On the other hand, all the worship places including Kartarpur Sahib had been closed to the public in Pakistan as well due to the outbreak.

After more than three months, the Pakistan government offered to reopen the corridor on June 29, 2020, the occasion of the death anniversary of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh. On October 1, Pakistan issued formal notification to reopen the corridor from its side.

However, Indian government is adamant to keep the pilgrimage suspended citing Covid-19 protocol, despite it allowed to reopen the worship places in the country several weeks ago.

1. Today is Shaheedi Purb of Sahib Siri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji. Hundreds of bibian led Sukhmani sahib from the stage. After ardas, Degh was distributed at the morcha site.
2. Dastaars are being taught and tied to protestors who want to start wearing them.
3. Call out to all Sikh charities and those with links in Delhi. The morcha site needs more doctors and nurses due to the effects of cold temperatures on the elderly. Temperatures plunged again last night.
4. Modi now tweets in Punjabi fearing his message is not getting through. Embarrassing for the party that wants the Hindi language only policy in Punjab.
5. Modi facing a crisis as the people no longer listen to his rhetoric of better days. People from all states now riding as they see this as a unique opportunity. Now he is just reliant on RSS backing, super-rich backers, and Godi media, to remain in power.
6. Protests outside Hamleys London, on the busiest weekend of the year, as it’s owned by Ambani.
7. Large car rallies planned in many North American cities. In California, a pro-Modi group planning a counter-rally.
8. Following the protest outside Facebook California HQ, on Dec 20 the @our_avaaz Sikh-led community group will hold the second of 5 days of planned demonstrations in solidarity with the millions involved in the #FarmersProtest in India, this time outside Facebook Vancouver.
9. The protest relates to accusations of FB censoring posts that criticize India. Facebook openly has a close relationship with India & Mukesh Ambani, the Indian billionaire who is seen as one of the corporate figures looking to profit from India’s new exploitative farming laws.
10. On Thursday evening, debates on farmers’ siege of Delhi were on French TV, Russian TV and South Korean TV.
11. A blood donation camp will be organized on 21st December. A letter will be written in blood and sent to the Govt.
12. Agriculture minister Tomar gets challenged by a female farmer as he gets out of his car. He is unable to answer her questions.
13. Netarheen’ (blind) people from Punjab arrived at Singhu in support of farmers.
14. Hanuman Beniwal who is RLP chief & NDA member resigned from 3 Lok Sabha committees. The Nagpur MP will march towards Delhi with 200,000 farmers on Dec 26.
15. Haryana BJP leader Birender Singh joined protestors at Sampla in Jhajjar.
16. 3 members of BJP from Jalandhar have submitted their resignations citing that the party is misleading people with lies on-farm laws.
17. Lakha Sidhana addresses Sangat with a powerful speech. He said Modi is talking on national TV because he is rattled.
18. Lakha Sidhana calls for a boycott of Jagbani due to its false reporting.
19. Dr Sukhpreet Singh Udoke steps away from Trolly Times due to comrades’ criticism of the editorial he wrote in the first edition was centered on Sikhi. He says he is answerable to the Khalsa Panth, not them.
20. Despite some issues between communists and Panthik Sikhs, Lakha Sadhana acting like glue keeping everyone together.
21. Income tax department has started raiding homesModi Government’s Raid on Punjabi Arhityas Termed Undemocratic and Unprecedented, rice shellers, and shops of Aarthiyas. According to a report in Punjabi Tribune, Establishments of at least 20 aarthiyas have been raided
22. Khaps have decided to directly participate. They plan to block roads connecting Uttar Pradesh with Uttarakhand and Delhi on December 19 to mount pressure on the government.
23. Gujerati farmers now speak out freely at morcha after escaping house arrest by police in Gujerat. Highly embarrassing for Modi and BJP as they said held Gujerat as the model.
24. Babbu Mann addressed farmers at Singhu border.
25. Olympic boxer Virender Singh helps with langar seva at morcha.
26. Barricades have been tripled at Singhu Border
27. The Express article discusses the £100 billion post-Brexit trade deal between UK and India. This explains Boris not answering MP Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi’s question about farmers.
28. Controversial debut article in Canadian paper The National Post by Indian nationalist journalist Rupa Subramanya attacking the Sikh community. Sikh activists respond on Twitter.
29. Gurnam Singh Chaduni, BKU Chaduni “Govt is trying to divide Punjabi and Haryanvi farmers.” BJP in Haryana holds a 1-day hunger strike to try to reignite the water issue between Haryana and Punjab. Haryana youth openly now say they want Punjab and Haryana together.
30. Delhi SGPC distributes body warmers.
31. Many scenes of young men playing volleyball and cricket at the morcha.
32. Bharatiya Kisan Union-Ekta-Ugrahan (BKU-U) and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) have announced that batches of farmers and farm labourers from different parts of Punjab will start moving towards Delhi so that the build-up at the borders keeps swelling.
33. Sikh Assembly & Sikh relief put up 75 more tents after the previous ones all taken up.
34. Massive bhagti happened at morcha sites with Akhand Keertan divans, nihang dals doing divans, Amrit Velas sessions with hundreds doing simran.
35. Many books stall where farmers are reading literature on Sangarsh and Punjab issues.
36. Large numbers of poor delhi residents come for langar at morcha site.
37. Political observers see that finally this morcha may break the invisibility of the Hinditva project of BJP/ RSS. More states now coming out as they see this breaking Modi rule in India. The stakes of this is now far beyond the farmers. It’s now the political future of India. Either BJP/ RSS will lose its dominance or Punjab & Haryana will lose a generation of activists. Hence, it’s essential that activists around the world keep the pressure on.

NEW DELHI—Amid the ongoing farmers’ protests at the borders of Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib here today morning.

The interesting thing that occurred during his visit was that katha-vichar (discussion) of daily hukamnama seemed to be snubbing Modi for his alleged misdeeds being done especially in the case of three farm laws introduced by him. These laws are being considered “destructive” for the farming community, but he is adamant to not roll them back despite thousands of farmers are sitting on roads to protest these laws.

The Hukumnama refers to a hymn from a randomly selected left-hand side of the Guru Granth Sahib on a daily basis in the morning.

A video that captured Modi conversating with granthi of the gurdwara, has gone viral over social media. In this video, the Sikh preacher is heard saying, “You call yourself as one who exercises religious ethos and serves the people. But your thinking has not changed with this. You have even read the religious scriptures which teach the ideology of human welfare. If you don’t adopt it and implement this in your life, none will help you during doomsday”.

As soon as the PM moved out, the preachers uttered, “Where will you run away from the trap of death which is looming over you?”  

This video is being shared widely over social media platforms comments condemning Modi for ignoring the farmers during his New Delhi trip.

Pertinently, Modi first kept this visit secret from the media, but later on, he promoted it on his Twitter handle on large scale. He also paid respect to ninth Guru Sri Guru Teg Bahadar whose headless body was cremated at this place in 1675, in Punjabi.

Mughal rulers beheaded Guru Sahib for fighting for the religious freedom of the people.

Modi also presented ‘rumala’ for Guru Granth Sahib, after which he was felicitated with ‘siropa’ (robe of honour) and a garland at the Gurdwara by the granthi. His felicitation is being widely criticized in the Sikh masses.

Modi’s visit is drawing various remarks and being termed a tactic to pacify the Sikh farmers who are leading the unprecedented agitation at Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital of India against his government. “Terrorists, Khalistanis, Leftists, Anti-Indians, Chinese and Pakistan agents…….The protesters have name-called with all these labels but not as farmers. So, now PM heads to Gurdwara Rakabganj to appease all of the above?”, says Priyanka Chaturvedi, a columnist and Shiv Sena MP.

Terrorists
Khalistanis
Leftists
Anti-Indians
Chinese & Pakistani Agents
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The protestors have been name-called with all these labels but not as farmers. So, now PM heads to Gurudwara Rakabganj to appease all of the above?

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) December 20, 2020

1. A 22-year-old Punjab farmer, Gurlabh Singh, a resident of Dayalpura Mirza village of Bathinda district, who returned from a protest site near Delhi border, has allegedly committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance, the police said on Sunday.
2. In the last 10 days, Facebook has disabled the personal accounts of more than a dozen leading journalists in India without any warning or notice and without offering any credible reasons.
3. Some users complained of the keyword “Sikh” is blocked for Twitter Ads whereas “Hindu” is not.
4. Kisan Mazdoor Ekta now has its own YouTube channel and social media IT department. YouTube has 368,000 subscribers in 3 days.
5. Claims that Facebook and Instagram blocked Kisan Ekta morcha pages today. Allegations against Facebook to be working hand in glove with Indian companies.
6. Global CBC runs a story on shadow banning followed by Facebook, specifically mentioning the Farmer protests.
7. Farmers from Maharashtra start to build mass as they start to move towards Delhi.
8. Farmers light candles in memory of those who passed away in Morcha.
9. Lots of songs coming out about the Morcha which is inspiring the various Communities in India.
10. National Herald headline – Lies of Godi media exposed again! Those who met with PM Modi in Kutch were not farmers but BJP activists.
11. Singhu border – Tomorrow screens will be installed at the protest site so that protestors can watch what happens at the stage. Till now, the Farmer convoy is 7-8 KM long. Most farmers don’t even get to know what is happening at the stage.
12. Shahjahanpur road has now got a significant amount of farmers camping with tents now spreading.
13. Calls to boycott Ambani and Adani’s products with banners have been put up at various Kissan Camps.
14. Medical staff of different hospitals in Punjab has reached Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border). “We’re here to support agitating farmers but we all are ready to serve if anyone falls ill,” said Harshdeep Kaur, who is working as a staff nurse at a hospital in Ludhiana.
15. Farmer leader, Jagjeet Singh Dalewal told farmers to be vigilant and calm. Dalewal told people that some anti-social elements may have infiltrated the protests. He called protestors to stay peaceful.
16. Observers say Punjab police are now in protests disguised as farmers. Their aim is to cause trouble.
17. 2 days ago, A man came and started asking Punjabi protestors whether they want to buy “Chitta.” Today, another man has been caught. Both handed over to the police. The announcement made on stage. Sevadaars think that these people wanted to paint the protestors as drug addicts.
18. For his latest photo opportunity today Modi to Guru Siri Rakab Ganj Sahib, where Sahib Siri Guru Tegh Bahadhur ji was cremated. Modi had the pics posted on his FB. Comments below included, “You are welcome to Gurdwara. Period. And that doesn’t mean that we don’t understand that this was merely a photo op and an attempt to lure farmers sitting at your doorsteps. There’s a sentence in Gurbani, the sinner or criminal bows his head twice than normal. But again welcome to Gurdwara, may your ego get healed and may you listen to the farmers and repeal the laws. “
19. Many Sikhs not happy that Modi was given a siropa. Siropas are for those who have given Kurbani for the Khalsa Panth, not a political stunt.
20. Deep Sidhu meets with Nihang Singhs this Amritvela for Vichar and Nitnem.
21. Protestors in Vancouver gather peacefully outside the house of the BJP leader.
22. Young Sikhs living abroad in Vancouver have created Team Canada and are flying out to Delhi to help in whatever way they can. #NRIsChaloDelhi
23. Sikhs protests in large numbers in Sacramento, California. Locals estimate 10,000 protestors.
24. Protests happen in Melbourne, Australia.
25. Orlando, Florida Sikhs hold a large car rally.
26. At a protest in Barcelona today, a Modi supporter showed up with the National flag. Police told him to fold the flag and leave the protest site.
27. Students from various states in India now join the farmers.
28. Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Churana responds in stage to BJP attempts to divide Punjab and Haryana over SYL canal water issue. He said if we have no lands due to these laws, what do we care about water to the lands. We are not fools and will not fall for the divide and rule policy.
29. Farmer organizations have come under the scanner for accepting donations from foreign countries. BKU ugrahan has been warned by bank officials that as the organization doesn’t have approval from the Home ministry for accepting donations from foreign countries.
30. Ruldu Singh Mansa criticized govt for raiding establishments of arhtiyas. He said that I have sent 5 member committee to Punjab. He called people to gherao offices of authorities who raided arthiyas.
31. Video emerges of elder bibian enjoying themselves playing volleyball at the morcha site.
32. Panth – Punjab project hold another webinar tonight.
33. WSO holding Delhi Challo 2 webinar – a night of artistic expression.
34. BJP leader Giriraj Singh has used abusive language towards the protesting farmers in a speech.
35. History is repeating itself. In 1906-07, S. Kishan Singh & Ajit Singh (S. Bhagat Singh’s father and uncle) assisted to build a movement against 3 farm laws brought in by British, which would make the farmer a labourer on his own land. British had to repeal all 3 laws.
36. Today we finish with Joginder Singh, 75, who fought the 1965, 1971 wars against Pakistan. He received President’s medal in 1988. Today, he says he’s fighting his 3rd war – to repeal the farm laws.

FATEHGARH SAHIB, Punjab—The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) once again defied Akal Takht Sahib’s edict excommunicating former Akali minister Sucha Langah for his immoral act by facilitating Akhand Path (uninterrupted recitation of Guru Granth Sahib) organized by him at sacred Shaheedi Asthan (place where martyrdom was attained) of Chhote Sahibzade (younger sons of 10^th Sikh Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee) at Fatehgarh Sahib.

The Akhand Path was held in the name of Langah at Bhora Sahib where the Chhote Sahibzade (Baba Fateh Singh and Baba Zorawar Singh) were executed by Mughal rulers for not bowing down before them. Besides, Langah was allowed to enter this sacred place, whereas no common devotee is allowed to do so keeping in view of sacredness and sanctity of this place. The granthi appointed by the SGPC also gave him ‘siropa’ (robe of honour).

This happened despite the fact that Langah, who has also been member of the apex gurdwara body, was excommunicated in October 2017 by Akal Takht Sahib after he was found him guilty of misconduct and violation of the Sikh tenets on the basis of his vulgar video that went viral. After being acquitted by the court on technical grounds, he pleaded for pardon before the Takht thrice but was not entertained in view of his offence.  

As the news reached him, Giani Harpreet Singh who is SGPC-appointed acting jathedar of Takht Sahib, issued an order to the SGPC to take action against its staffers guilty of this offence. In the evening, the SGPC president Jagir ‘Kaur’ suspended the gurdwara manager Karam Singh and a granthi concerned. Apart from this, she also ordered a probe to identify all the persons involved in the matter.

The Takht Sahib’s edict that excommunicated him, directs the Sikh community to shun all kinds of ties with Langah.

Prior to this, the SGPC staffers organized an Amrit Sanchar samagam in a historic Gurdwara Baba Banda SIngh Bahadar in Gurdaspur district to make an attempt to pardon Langah bypassing the highest Sikh temporal seat. An elected member of the SGPC was also behind Langah’s facilitation. However, the Panj Singh Sahiban (highest Sikh presidium) thwarted the attempt by taking strong against the persons who facilitated Langah.

Actually, Langah is eager to rejoin politics but the Akal Takht Sahib’s edict is the biggest hurdle in his way.

Former Punjab Vidhan Sabha deputy speaker and Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) senior leader Bir Davinder Singh termed the fresh facilitation of Langah “desecration” of the holy place where Chhote Sahibzade attained martyrdom. He sought stringent action against those responsible for it.

This incident has occurred few days before the martyrdom day of the Chhote Sahibzade.

NEW DELHI, India—In a long meeting held today, the protesting farmers have called upon the UK Boris Johnson not to visit India till the Narendra Modi led Indian government doesn’t repeal anti-farmer laws. Notably, Boris Johnson has been invited as a chief guest for the 71st Republic Day celebrations to be held in New Delhi on January 26 next year. 

The farmer organizations have decided to write letters to the British MPs to stop Boris Johnson from visiting India till their demands are met. 

Kulwant Singh Sandhu, a Punjabi farmer leader, has informed that the farmer organizations have resolved to write letters to the British parliamentarians for stopping their PM Boris Johnson from visiting India till their just demands are not met by the Modi led Indian government. 

He further informed that the farmer organizations will deliberate upon the Indian government’s proposal for pursuing talk. 

On December 20, Union Agriculture Ministry’s joint secretary Vivek Aggarwal had asked protesting farmer leaders to specify their concerns over its earlier proposal of amendments in the laws and choose a convenient date for the next round of talks.

AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab— After a long time, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has reproduced valuable articles written by the legendary Sikh thinker, philosopher, and statesman late Sirdar Kapur Sahib by compiling them in a single volume.

This collection has been published under the title ‘Sikhs and Sikhism’ and will be distributed among the sangat for free. These articles by Sirdar Kapur Singh were published by the SGPC in the form of tracts a long time ago.

The writings of Sirdar Kapur Singh, who was awarded the National Professor of Sikhism by the Akal Takht Sahib in 1973, are read enthusiastically by Sikh intellectuals, researchers, and devotees.

The published book contains nine articles on Gurbani, history, Gurmat principles, and Sikh living.

SGPC president Jagir ‘Kaur’ while releasing the book, said, “Sirdar Kapur Singh was an enlightened thinker and writer of the Sikh community who made a great contribution to Sikh literature through his original writings.”

On this occasion, OSDs Amrik Singh and Sukhbir Singh, deputy secretary Kulwinder Singh Ramdas, assistant secretary Simarjit Singh Kang, superintendent Malkit Singh Beharwal, in-charge of Literature Department Gurmeet Singh were present.

Notably, Gurmeet Singh made persistent efforts to get this book published.

Sirdar Kapur Sahib was a member of the drafting committee of the Anandpur Sahib resolution. He drafted this resolution with his own hands. This resolution was adopted by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). As a political aim of the Sikhs in India, this resolution has been guiding the Sikh struggle since then.

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—On December 22, the Special Investigation Team probing the Balwant Singh Multani murder case filed a charge sheet against ex-DGP Sumedh Saini under sections 302, 364, 201, 344, 330, 219 and 120-B of IPC. It is learned that the statements of around 47 witnesses have been included in this 500 page chargesheet.

The SIT has included former cops Jagir Singh and Kuldeep Singh as approvers while two other former Sub-Inspectors Anoop Singh and Har Sahai Sharma have been declared innocent.

It is pertinent to note here that two other cops DSP Baldev Singh Saini and Inspector Satvir Singh have already died.

Another accused DSP KIP Singh is in Canada these days and he is expected to return back on January 9. Although the SIT had secured arrest warrants of KIP Singh but later the High Court had put stay on his arrest till January 15 next year.

The Court has already issued notice to Sumedh Saini for appearing on January 22.

It is also learned Sumedh Saini has not filled the bail bond after securing anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court.

Legal experts have revealed that Sumedh Saini can now fill the bail bond at any time as the SIT has filed chargesheet against him.

1. Bhai Harminder Singhs passes away in the Morcha.
2. Ardas is done at Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar for the farmers’ morcha success.
3. Sikh Kirtani and preachers will hold events at Singhu and Tikri Border in memory of Guru Gobind Singh’s sahibzadas on 23 and 26-27 December.
4. Farmers remember the supreme sacrifice of Chotte Sahibzadas and other Singhs.
5. Uttar Pradesh police have stopped 600 trolleys with UP farmers from getting to Delhi. They are stuck in Muradabad, UP. Farmers have been attacked by police. DSGPC said the police broke the arm of one of their sikh sevadaar.
6. Punjab BJP uses a poster of actor, director, producer, photographer Harp Farmer (Harpreet Singh) in a pro-Farm-Bills poster. He is sitting at the Singhu border and has been posting content supporting and praising Farmers Protest. He calls BJP besharam. NDTV covers the story.
7. Agriculture minister Tomar embarrassed in Rajya Sabha when an opposition MP argues against the 3 laws then says to Tomar that you are a son of a farmer. I do not think you wrote these 3 laws, it’s as if they were written and handed to you to pass.
8. Deep Sidhu on video saying the govt has selected the most expensive lawyer in India to argue on its behalf in Supreme Court. Why would the govt do that unless that lawyer is getting paid by someone else?
9. Haryana Chief Minister Kattar is getting heckled by the public at all events he is doing. Hundreds circle his car and shake it. Police just save him. He quickly speeds off.
10. More roads to Delhi blocked today. The borders leading to Delhi from Tikri, Singhu, Pyau Manini, Chilla, Ghazipur, Palwal, Shahjahanpur (partial) are closed. However, protestors allow ambulances and the poor to get through as they are compassionate.
11. Delhi Police Commissioner said they are prepared if they need to clear the farmers.
12. Bhai Harpal Singh opposed Indian Ambassador Nina Malhotra at Italy’s Gurdwara Sahib. She did not speak on stage and Nina Malhotra did not even cover her head in front of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. According to sources, Ms. Malhotra came to speak against farmers protest.
13. BJP govt starts tax investigations on those supporting farmers, such as arthiyas, Punjabi singers and farmer union leaders. Aim is to harass them to give up on the morcha.
14. Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab have passed laws to nullify Modi govt’s new acts.
15. United Sikhs pledge 1 crore to the families of those who passed away in the morcha.
16. Punjabis living abroad have started Delhi Challo. Many have booked tickets are started flying to Delhi to be at the morcha.
17. Jazzy Bains addresses farmers at Singhu border after flying in from Vancouver.
18. BKU Ugrahan And Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh committee addressed Media. In a reply to a question, They said,”We want someone who has power like PM to hold the meeting. Sometimes the Agriculture Minister doesn’t answer our questions in the meeting.”
19. 10,000 farmers are being arranged to march to Ambani complex in Mumbai.
20. A Tamil farmer leader said that 100 tractors from Tamil Nadu will march to Delhi to participate in protests against new farm laws.
21. 62-year-old Manjeet Kaur drives to morcha with other Bibian from Patiala.
22. Connecticut Sikhs braved the snow and still held their protest.
23. Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Staff brought a coach of protestors to the Farmer’s movement for Kundli Border, Tikri Border.
24. Youngsters in Punjab cut off connections to more Jio mobile network towers.
25. Protests in Amritsar by Akal Youth against BJP Punjab Speaker Iqbal Lalpura.
26. Dr Sukhpreet Singh Udoke – A newspaper named Jung Hind Punjab is now published daily and today it was divided into thousands and was the center of attraction and love for the farmers involved in the front. It can also be read on www.rozanapehredar.com and all articles will be published on www.kissantrolleytimes.com in the evening.
27. Farm unions will distribute 25 Lakh pamphlets to make people aware of the disadvantages of new farm laws.
28. Tent city in Singhu border by Sikh Relief and Sikh Assembly in a side building is working to protect elders from icy cold winter winds.
29. Arnab Goswami and Republic TV continue their embarrassingly bad journalism as they demonize the farmers.
30. Leader of Ravidas Dharam Samaj addressed farmers. He said Dalit community stands with farmers in their fight against the govt’s new farm laws.
31. Billboards with No Farmers No Food message appears in UK.
32. Former UK MP George Galloway releases a video discussing the Farmer protests.
33. Yorkshire Sikhs hold a protest outside BBC offices. Kulwinder Singh Bhullar makes a statement to them & MPs.
34. We finish today with this video from science teachers explaining to children what they can learn from the protesting farmers.

1. Farmers watch the movie Chaar Sahibzade on open-air cinemas. Hot soup is given out by MLSS sevadaars during the movie showing.
2. Safer-e-Shaadat now being shown to farmers.
3. Farmers have blocked the Ghaziabad-Delhi Border. They moved quickly and police were unable to stop them.
4. RSS-BJP’s hardliner chief minister Yogi Adityanath started police attacking UP farmers. Pictures emerge of injured Sikhs.
5. Despite significant attacks in them Sikh farmers in Uttar Pradesh break through the police barriers.
6. Baltej Pannu, a Punjab journalist, said that so many farmers at the border are being well looked after, etc. and said the offers from abroad to send money, etc is good. However more impactful would be for NRI’s to give one year free of land rent (tekha) which will free the farmer to protest and pay off bills etc and will have a massive impact on the government
7. Modi due to address the nation on 27th December on Maan ki Baat programme.
8. Khalsa Aid set up a farmer supply storehouse called Kisaan Mall at Tikri Border.
9. Local street children do not want farmers to go. They said this is the best food they have ever had, lists of love and free schooling.
10. On Harp Farmer’s behalf Adv Hakam Singh has sent a legal notice to BJP national president, Punjab president, and state office in charge seeking an apology for “theft” of his photo and mis-using it. The notice claims his photo on BJP’s pro-Farm bills poster has lowered his image in the public eye.
11. Farmers now cut power to 4 Jio mobile telecom towers
12. “BKU is being targeted by the central authorities for evoking a massive response from Indians and NRIs,” group President Joginder Singh Ugrahan said. “What wrong is there if our supporters working as truck drivers or pursuing other labor works send donations from overseas?”
13. UK MP Tanmanjit singh Dhesi said he will reach out to Boris Johnson again before his January visit to India to convey to Modi about Farmer issues.
14. In the UK, Leamington & Warwick farmers stand in solidarity with Indian Farmers.
15. People have started making complaints against Republic TV to Ofcom. Arnab Goswami is responsible for many misrepresentations against Sikhs and farmers. They have had a £20,000 fine for a previous programme from Ofcom. You need to watch his programmes or YouTube and report his falsehoods or incitement to Ofcom. Alot of violations can lead to Republic Tv being banned in UK.
16. Congress MP attacks female journalist after he was unable to answer her questions. Sikhs support the journalist.
17. SIT has submitted its 500page report on notorious Police killer Sumedh Saini and has found him guilty under various sections like 302, 364, 201, 344, 330, 219 and 120b
18. India government pushing crony’s to come on TV to support the bills. One is Surjit bhalla, IMF India Executive Director. He is said these are rich farmers protecting abnormal profits. Farmers reacting angrily saying if we were rich we would not be sleeping in freezing cold in our trolleys.
19. Images of Jio sacks of crops emerge in Bihar.
20. 3 Sikhs won elections defeating BJP candidates in Kashmir elections.
21. Terry Milewski served with court notice as Sikh for Justice sue him.
22. Simranjit Kaur has been serving langar for 8 hours a day in Delhi. She lives in Delhi and comes everyday to morcha from 1 st day. She said she supports Jathedar Jagtar Singh Hawara snd said support the farmers do its her duty to do so.
23. We finish with the story of a poor Labourer from Bihar. He cycled 4 days to the delhi morcha. When asked what inspired him to come, he said that Guru Nanak’s Sangat is here and I want darshan of it. He left his job just to be part of this Sangat. Sikhs said they will give him a lift, he said no which getting emotional, he wants to cycle to Guru Nanak Dev ji.

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—As farmers are intensifying their protests against the anti-farm bills passed by the BJP Government, more Sikh organizations are come to the fore to express their support. While United Sikhs, Khalsa Aid, Hemkunt Foundation, Sikh Aid, Sikh Relief, and other organizations have been working with the farmers over the past few weeks, now, two rival Sikh factions have also indirectly spoken up about the farmer protests.

Sikh preacher Bhai Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwala and his supporters have announced financial compensation of Rupees 2.1 million for the families of the farmers who have sacrificed lives while agitating against the Indian government. An announcement in this concern was made from the stage of ongoing farmers’ agitation by Bhai Surinder Singh.

Paying tribute to the departed souls of farmers, Bhai Surinder Singh announced that Bhai Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwala will honor the families of victim farmers at Gurdwara Parmeshar Dwar on December 27 besides offering them financial help.

It is pertinent to note here that the absence of Bhai Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwala in this ongoing agitation of farmers was being questioned by the netizens.

To date, around 30 farmers have laid lives while participating in the ongoing agitation of farmers against draconian farm laws imposed by the BJP led Indian government.

Notably, on December 22, United Sikhs had also announced a financial aid of Rs. 10 million for the families of martyred farmers. 

Damdami Taksal asks Modi to Repeal Trio Farm Laws

The Damdami Taksal chief Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma has appealed to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal the trio anti-farmer laws with immediate effect. Amid these chilling cold days, tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting against these draconian laws at the Delhi border. 

He has advised Modi to come up with pro-farmers laws after a thorough discussion with the farmers about their problems so that the other developing countries could also take inspiration from these laws. 

Baba Dhumma has said that the Narendra Modi led the Indian government needs to come forward for a sincere talk with the protesting farmers while addressing their concerns. 

“The BJP led Indian government should give a positive gesture towards farmers while annulling these laws,” he added. 

It is pertinent to note here that the Chowk Mehta based Damdam Taksal’s main faction is renowned for its leaning towards RSS. As the Badals snapped ties with BJP, Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma has also gone vocal against RSS backed Modi government.