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cricketjoshila said:
Join protest else pay fine, face social boycott: Punjab panchayats to farmers

n order to strengthen their ongoing protest against the three farm laws after the violence that broke out in New Delhi on Republic Day, farmers in parts of Punjab have taken help from local panchayats to rope in people for the protest.

In the latest, some panchayats in Bathinda and Mansa have warned that farmers' families who are not joining the protest will be fined and may also face social boycott.

These panchayats have come up with their own rule of 'one family, one protester'.

In Kotbhaktu panchayat, families who fail to join the protest and send one member to Delhi within a week would face social boycott.

The village panchayat has asked the protesters, especially the youth, to remain peaceful and vigilant, and ensure at least one member from their family joins the farmers in Delhi.

"All families have unanimously accepted the call and each family will send at least one member to the protest on a rational basis. Those refusing to go will have to pay a pine of Rs 300 per day," chief of Kotbakhtu panchayat Sukhwinder Kaur said.

Meanwhile, some panchayats in Bhatinda and Mansa have also asked non-farming to join the protest.

In these areas, announcements are being made from village gurdwaras and in panchayat meetings to tell farmers that their protest is being derailed by government agencies.

More than a dozen villages in Mansa district have imposed a fine of Rs 1,500 on families who don't send at least one family member to join the protest.

The panchayats are also pooling village tractors and collecting money for fuel and other expenses.

Some panchayats have also assured tractor owners that they will pay the damages in case the vehicle meets with an accident.

In neighbouring Haryana, where the Khap panchayats rule the roost, these associations are also mobilising farmers' for the protests. Many panchayats have asked farmers to join the protest in large numbers.

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www....-protest-punjab-panchayats-1764895-2021-02-01


What kind of protest is this? People being forced and threatened to join protests. This tells you that the protests are being artificially created.

What if others start boycott of the protestors?
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These two posts tell me how artificial these protests are.
 
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Farmer Protests have become akin to BLM + Antifa protests in USA. You do not support them, then you are against them. There is no neutral standpoint.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Farm protests: Indo-Canadians get ‘threat calls’ for supporting India’s stance[/B


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What kind of protests are these? Threatening Indian origin Canadians if they dont agree with these protests and Trudeau providing tacit support.
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The Canadian Government seems to have either sold out to or is actually being controlled by these Khalistani thugs. Very shameful for a government of a first-world, advanced country that is allegedly a beacon of human rights to bend in front of these terrorists.

We ought to known it right at the time the RCMP destroyed evidence against Khalistanis in the Air India bombing case.

Shame on you, Canada!
 
gani999 said:
The Canadian Government seems to have either sold out to or is actually being controlled by these Khalistani thugs. Very shameful for a government of a first-world, advanced country that is allegedly a beacon of human rights to bend in front of these terrorists.

We ought to known it right at the time the RCMP destroyed evidence against Khalistanis in the Air India bombing case.

Shame on you, Canada!
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The govt there probably needs the votes of these Khalistanis.

Non Khalistani Indians in canada need to get together and protest against this.
 
cricketjoshila said:
The govt there probably needs the votes of these Khalistanis.

Non Khalistani Indians in canada need to get together and protest against this.
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Don’t you keep saying NRIs have no say , clearly you have no say in Canada’s internal matter then
 
JaDed said:
Don’t you keep saying NRIs have no say , clearly you have no say in Canada’s internal matter then
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I dont. But then the Canadian PM starts interfering in Indian issues. Their MP starts talking about secession in India. Now Indians are being threatened.

Guess Canada should get some of its own medicine.
 
cricketjoshila said:
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Alliya,

The unrest in the form of 'protests' were funded a lot by the Khalistani wannabe Sikhs from overseas, that's why Modichayan I heard blocked any money transfers from UK and Canada into Punjab.. However funding for causing trouble were coming from other countries also, nothing is fool proof, however blocking funding from Canada and UK did really put a dent for the overseas Khalistani wannabes.
 
I don’t understand why all these Indian celebrities and politicians are implying and using the excuse of alleged ‘propaganda’. Who are you saying is doing this propaganda? Baffling. You don’t have justification for something so you say it’s propaganda? Propaganda is political and done by the powerful so just curious who in India is doing this propaganda and what are they trying to gain?
 
cricket4all said:
I don’t understand why all these Indian celebrities and politicians are implying and using the excuse of alleged ‘propaganda’. Who are you saying is doing this propaganda? Baffling. You don’t have justification for something so you say it’s propaganda? Propaganda is political and done by the powerful so just curious who in India is doing this propaganda and what are they trying to gain?
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Left and far left propaganda to over throw Modi Government. These Greta’s, Rihanna’s who are so worried about environment, should actually do something about the stubble burning in the Punjab region which chokes up the entire north India during winter. Instead they tweet about issues they have no idea about. Cheap publicity is cheap.
 
Bilal_103 said:
Sikhs represent 1.4% of the Canadian population. I doubt that's the case. Try again.
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The places where there is sizable Sikh population, it matters. Political parties do not support any movement or issue unless there is something to gain from it. They are not stupid.
 
Farmers’ protest will spread to all of India, will take out rally of 40 lakh tractors: Rakesh Tikait

The farmers' agitation will keep moving forward and even spread to the rest of the nation, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday. The farmer leader made the statement while addressing a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Pehowa in Haryana's Kurukshetra district.

In an exclusive conversation, Rakesh Tikait told India Today, "Now, a rally of 40 lakh and not four lakh tractors will be taken out."

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism of agitation-savvy individuals, Rakesh Tikait said, "He [PM] has never been part of any agitation in his life. In fact, he did the job of breaking the nation. What would he know about Andolanjivis?"

"Bhagat Singh, even Lal Krishna Advani were part of agitations," Tikait added.

Rakesh Tikait went on to say that the ongoing farmers' agitation will continue till October 2 of this year. "But the protest will not end even after that. Farmers will keep returning to the protest sites in shifts," the BKU leader told India Today.

Asked why he has been addressing Mahapanchayats in Haryana, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait asked, "Is holding a Mahapanchayat in Haryana prohibited?"

Earlier on Sunday, Rakesh Tikait delivered a fiery speech at a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Rajasthan's Bhawani district. Tikait also addressed a large gathering of farmers in Haryana's Jind district earlier this month.

Along with the leaders of as many as 40 farmers' outfits, Rakesh Tikait has been part of a delegation of farmer leaders that participated in as many as 11 rounds of consultations with the central government. Tikait has been at the forefront of the farmers' protest at Delhi's Ghazipur border.
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Lionk: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...akh-tractors-rakesh-tikait-1767553-2021-02-09
 
Here is an overview of what's going on:
- Modi's fascist media is portraying protesters as Khalistanis, Terrorists and Paid protestors
- Police protected BJP/RSS goons when they were throwing stones at protestors
- Protesters are more motivated than ever. India can put in prison whole region of IOK but can't contain these protesters.
 
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WhenSultansBowled said:
Here is an overview of what's going on:
- Modi's fascist media is portraying protesters as Khalistanis, Terrorists and Paid protestors
- Police protected BJP/RSS goons when they were throwing stones at protestors
- Protesters are more motivated than ever. India can put in prison whole region of IOK but can't contain these protesters.
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Modi is making it much bigger than it should ever have been.

Innocent Sikh farmers beaten up and jailed,Nodeep Kaur jailed and sexually assaulted by the criminal Indian state- all this will neither be forgiven nor forgotten.

Just because the state has gotten away with treating Muslims badly, it thinks it can do the same with other minorities.
 
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Twitter is locked in a battle with the Indian government after it was ordered to take down accounts supporting the ongoing farmers' protests.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government demanded the social media site take down more than 1,100 accounts and posts it said accused the administration of trying to wipe out farmers.

Ministers also claimed some accounts were backed by rival Pakistan or operated by supporters of a separatist Sikh movement.

Although it temporarily suspended hundreds of accounts early last week, Twitter has since said it will not agree to an outright ban and argued such action would go against Indian law.

Explaining its decision in a blog post, the social media giant said it was "in keeping with our principles of defending protected speech and freedom of expression".

No accounts from news organisations, journalists, activists or politicians have been taken down, and only a portion of the accounts identified by the Indian government have been withheld in India only.

The accounts continue to be available in other countries.

India's government has reportedly threatened to punish Twitter employees with fines and prison terms of up to seven years for restoring hundreds of accounts after the initial takedown, according to Buzzfeed News.

Separately, Twitter said it had taken action against hundreds of accounts that violated its rules, including those that were inciting violence or sending abuse, and made efforts to label tweets that spread misinformation.

The site added: "We are exploring options under Indian law - both for Twitter and for the accounts that have been impacted.

"We remain committed to safeguarding the health of the conversation occurring on Twitter, and strongly believe that the Tweets should flow."

Tensions have been high in India as farmers have continued to protest against new laws on agriculture being imposed by the government.

Demonstrators say the new laws around the sale, pricing and storage of produce will turn agriculture corporate, and make them vulnerable to exploitation by private companies.

Last month, peaceful protests in New Delhi turned violent as police fired tear gas at demonstrators and charged at them with batons.

Police said 300 officers were injured, while hundreds of protesters also suffered injuries and a 26-year-old farmer died when his tractor overturned after hitting a police barrier.

The government has resorted to shutting down the internet in parts of the country in an effort to curb protests, a move frequently used to stop dissent.
 
WhenSultansBowled said:
Here is an overview of what's going on:
- Modi's fascist media is portraying protesters as Khalistanis, Terrorists and Paid protestors
- Police protected BJP/RSS goons when they were throwing stones at protestors
- Protesters are more motivated than ever. India can put in prison whole region of IOK but can't contain these protesters.
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View of Vice news. A news outlet founded by a person of pakistani origin.

Nice try.
 
cricketjoshila said:
View of Vice news. A news outlet founded by a person of pakistani origin.

Nice try.
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Thanks.
I think the reporting is clear and people getting interviewed have a clear point of view.

There is no such thing as objective news; that said what Indian "news channels" report is nothing but stupid lies. People with a pinch of common sense can dissect absurd lies these channels spread.

It is another thing if you deliberately choose your interpretation.
 
WhenSultansBowled said:
Thanks.
I think the reporting is clear and people getting interviewed have a clear point of view.

There is no such thing as objective news; that said what Indian "news channels" report is nothing but stupid lies. People with a pinch of common sense can dissect absurd lies these channels spread.

It is another thing if you deliberately choose your interpretation.
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Just a simple question.

Why farmers from states other than haryana and punjab has accepted the bill?

Should the bill be tweaked towards demands of two states whilst rest of the states are in agreement with the bill?
 
Itachi said:
Just a simple question.

Why farmers from states other than haryana and punjab has accepted the bill?

Should the bill be tweaked towards demands of two states whilst rest of the states are in agreement with the bill?
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The sad part is that Farmers from South States, Maharashtra have been committing suicides for the lack of revenue and support from government as they were getting buried in their debt. Now the Government does something to increase their revenue by eliminating the middle man. Even that is a problem now.

The so called Multi national companies buying farmers produce for peanuts is sold by opposition to the farmers. Anti-national elements have crept into this too. A narrative that Government is doing Sikh genocide has been created which is laughworthy to say the least.
 
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did u even watch the video i posted ?
 
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did u even watch the video i posted ?
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Both the Vids mentions Rhianna on it, so it has that in common :).. And it just adds to the fun, stir it up and get everyone into it regardless of content :asif
 
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Itachi said:
Just a simple question.

Why farmers from states other than haryana and punjab has accepted the bill?

Should the bill be tweaked towards demands of two states whilst rest of the states are in agreement with the bill?
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Don't waste your time asking sensible questions. Do you really think our Pakistani friends care so much for the Indian farmer or even for Kashmiris, for that matter? All they care for is to loudly echo anyone who indulges in any anti-Indian government narrative.

Their PM is reduced to putting out pointless tweets and all their so-called terror dossiers against India are being used for origami at the UN. They're so desperate now that they'll back any Rhianna or Tamanna or anyone who says anything even remotely against the Indian government.

Sad really. Most Pakistanis I know are quite intelligent. I was hoping their country could come up with something better. What a letdown!
 
Don’t see a thread for Islamabad protests?

I appreciate that a lot of hearts here bleed for the innocent farmer but weird there isn’t a discussion on that.
 
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Mahapanchayat in Alwar, Rajasthan - for those who think this is only limited to Punjab and Haryana.

Very, very grateful to Tikait and the jaats from U.P and Haryana for their support - they almost certainly saved the lives of Sikh farmers at Delhi borders especially at the Ghazipur border.
 
JaDed said:
This is the best way to protest.. not tractors running on police, well done to Ludhiana
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But tractors were fun.

And the kind of terrorists they have hired in the Delhi Police, running a tractor over them is the minimum justice you can do to them.
 
PM spoke about this farmer issue in details in both houses of parliament. Ofcourse few would not listen to it and only cares what Mahua Moitra has to say. Congress and Rahul Gandhi ran away from parliament yesterday when PM started talking about farm bill and then they scream outside why is PM silent. Lol.
 
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Everyone is well aware that this farmer protest is an international conspiracy and nothing to do with farm laws. Check the zee news update a week back where they have accessed powerpoint presentation prepared by Canada based NGO named Poetic Justice for the 26 Jan riots. They also planned what would be their course of action even if govt withdraws these bills so that protests dont stop. One of the objective written on that ppt was 'Damage the Yoga and Tea culture of India'. What is Yoga got to do with farmer protest? LOL.

Good thing is most people in India also realizes now that it was a conspiracy with vested interests and nothing to do with farmers.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
But tractors were fun.

And the kind of terrorists they have hired in the Delhi Police, running a tractor over them is the minimum justice you can do to them.
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Yeah running over the helpless constables is what makes this protest legit, mind boggling.
 
JaDed said:
Yeah running over the helpless constables is what makes this protest legit, mind boggling.
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The same breed of "helpless constables" smacks a fat wooden shaft on the ankle of an illegally arrested journalist and says to his fellows, "Ye toot nahi raha?".

And it's the same breed "Helpless Constables" of Delhi police who brutally murdered kids during the CAA protests. Don't wanna post a video here but you should be able to find it.

IMO, Delhi police is the worst breed of scumbags on this planet.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
The same breed of "helpless constables" smacks a fat wooden shaft on the ankle of an illegally arrested journalist and says to his fellows, "Ye toot nahi raha?".

And it's the same breed "Helpless Constables" of Delhi police who brutally murdered kids during the CAA protests. Don't wanna post a video here but you should be able to find it.

IMO, Delhi police is the worst breed of scumbags on this planet.
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No, that would be UP police. Having worked with them for the longest, I really love them.
 
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Mahapanchayat in Alwar, Rajasthan - for those who think this is only limited to Punjab and Haryana.

Very, very grateful to Tikait and the jaats from U.P and Haryana for their support - they almost certainly saved the lives of Sikh farmers at Delhi borders especially at the Ghazipur border.
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There are small pockets of protestors in South India too. But the vast majority support new Farm laws.

Really shameful propaganda being made against the open market by left. The same congress forced the liberalization and open market policy on entire India back in 90's. Now they are against it to gain political mileage.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
The same breed of "helpless constables" smacks a fat wooden shaft on the ankle of an illegally arrested journalist and says to his fellows, "Ye toot nahi raha?".

And it's the same breed "Helpless Constables" of Delhi police who brutally murdered kids during the CAA protests. Don't wanna post a video here but you should be able to find it.

IMO, Delhi police is the worst breed of scumbags on this planet.
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Living in Delhi, I can attest to this.
 
kaayal said:
Absolutely love this Bengal tigress. :bow:

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This is how oratory should be. Not what feku does with his below the belt attacks with alarming regularity in all his speeches.
 
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kabbirann said:
Modi is making it much bigger than it should ever have been.

Innocent Sikh farmers beaten up and jailed,Nodeep Kaur jailed and sexually assaulted by the criminal Indian state- all this will neither be forgiven nor forgotten.

Just because the state has gotten away with treating Muslims badly, it thinks it can do the same with other minorities.
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You seem to portray as though Sikhs are victims of some conspiracy and genocide. They are not. I have gone through your post history. You do not like India. Its okay.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
But tractors were fun.

And the kind of terrorists they have hired in the Delhi Police, running a tractor over them is the minimum justice you can do to them.
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There are bad cops. So its okay to run tractors over them. Some great logic right here. :facepalm:
 
Rajdeep said:
Everyone is well aware that this farmer protest is an international conspiracy and nothing to do with farm laws.
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Don't worry. They'll all get together and eat biryani, take selfies with all the ******* Bollywood celebs who will visit them, and eventually go home like their comrades in Shaheen Bagh did.

Pathetic by the Indian Left. They indulge in such nonsense when they should be working at the grassroots building a credible opposition.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
The same breed of "helpless constables" smacks a fat wooden shaft on the ankle of an illegally arrested journalist and says to his fellows, "Ye toot nahi raha?".

And it's the same breed "Helpless Constables" of Delhi police who brutally murdered kids during the CAA protests. Don't wanna post a video here but you should be able to find it.

IMO, Delhi police is the worst breed of scumbags on this planet.
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Painting an entire force is absolutely unfortunate similar to Khalistani jibe at protesters, I can hate on police without dehumanizing everyone of them.
 
JaDed said:
Painting an entire force is absolutely unfortunate similar to Khalistani jibe at protesters, I can hate on police without dehumanizing everyone of them.
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It is hard to discuss something from a centrist position. You must counter one extreme bias with an opposite and apposite extreme bias.
 
kabbirann said:
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Mahapanchayat in Alwar, Rajasthan - for those who think this is only limited to Punjab and Haryana.

Very, very grateful to Tikait and the jaats from U.P and Haryana for their support - they almost certainly saved the lives of Sikh farmers at Delhi borders especially at the Ghazipur border.
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That guy in the front row in the yellow shirt looks like the poster boy for a kisaan.
 
these protests will eventually come to an end..makes me laugh when my friends think there is going to be a sikh revolution lol
 
SpiritOf1903 said:
Apparently farmers account for 60% of India's population, is that how big Punjab is?
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Punjab is by no means the top agricultural producer in India. UP, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharasthra all produce more crops than Punjab.
 
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The mainstream media has ignored this but an abbreviated version of this video showing the elderly ex servicemen released form jail after being falsely imprisoned is going viral in Sikh circles. The video has them recounting the humiliation and abuse they suffered in jail.

These men served in the Indian army and this is how the Indian state treated them.

Well done to all those who support this- to paraphrase Kabir- keep on sowing seeds of babool, just don't expect mangoes from that.
 
kabbirann said:

The mainstream media has ignored this but an abbreviated version of this video showing the elderly ex servicemen released form jail after being falsely imprisoned is going viral in Sikh circles. The video has them recounting the humiliation and abuse they suffered in jail.

These men served in the Indian army and this is how the Indian state treated them.

Well done to all those who support this- to paraphrase Kabir- keep on sowing seeds of babool, just don't expect mangoes from that.
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Just because someone served in the army, doesn't mean they are exempt from being arrested if they break laws or under preventive detention. Justice was served and he was released. If they think it is humiliation to be arrested then stay at home and let young people protest.

All this serving in army is over rated. Govt spends more on the pensions than salaries. Should do away with pension unless injured or killed when serving.
 
CricketCartoons said:
Just because someone served in the army, doesn't mean they are exempt from being arrested if they break laws or under preventive detention. Justice was served and he was released. If they think it is humiliation to be arrested then stay at home and let young people protest.

All this serving in army is over rated. Govt spends more on the pensions than salaries. Should do away with pension unless injured or killed when serving.
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This is an epic comment. Bakht level so high even veterans ain't worth anything :yk
 
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WhenSultansBowled said:
This is an epic comment. Bakht level so high even veterans ain't worth anything :yk
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Exactly. Veteran status or wardi should not be worth anything when it comes to the law and should be treated as any other ordinary civilian. Does Pakistan have one law for wardis and another for civilians?
 
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After expressing concern, Canadian PM now praises India for holding dialogue with protesting farmers ..

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...h-protesting-farmers/articleshow/80883040.cms


Well there goes the Canadian Khalistani wing..
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Trudeau is getting ripped apart by domestic media and opposition. Few days back media and opposition kept asking our useless PM “whether he made a call to Modi or not, regarding Vaccine”, and he kept dodging the question which he have been doing for past 5 years or so. Later in the day, Modi posted a tweet and boom Trudeau was cornered like a scared kitten. Modi have trolled useless blackface PM of ours and left us Canadians in shame.

Trudeau is taking entire country to gutter with his idiotic behaviour and lack of proper planning. Right now we are not getting vaccine from any country and have to take vaccine from Covax which was designed for poor countries. Big shame for us Canadians.

Khalistani fan boys and Jagmeet Singh will face massive defeat whenever next election is called. I can’t wait for that day
 
CricketCartoons said:
Exactly. Veteran status or wardi should not be worth anything when it comes to the law and should be treated as any other ordinary civilian. Does Pakistan have one law for wardis and another for civilians?
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Don't do mental gymnastics, boomer.

Keep your focus on 80 something years old veteran Khalistani terrorists, for now :yk
 
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India , a pretend democracy, where the state is so scared of its own citizens.
 
kabbirann said:
India , a pretend democracy, where the state is so scared of its own citizens.
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Where one set of farmers are afraid that other farmers will start using the new laws, so they want the laws to be taken back. Fascist farmers taking away the choice of other farmers.
 
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The infamous kit: https://t.co/ZGEcMwHUNL?amp=1
 
https://www.dawn.com/news/1608603/protesting-indian-farmers-vow-to-amass-more-supporters-outside-capital-delhi

More than 100,000 farmers and farm workers gathered in India’s northern Punjab state on Sunday in a show of strength against new farm laws, where union leaders called on supporters to amass outside the capital New Delhi on February 27.

Tens of thousands of Indian growers have already been camped outside Delhi for nearly three months, demanding the repeal of the three reform laws that they say will hurt them and benefit large corporations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which introduced the laws last September, has offered to defer the laws but refused to abandon them, arguing that legislation will help farmers get better prices.

Both sides have met for several rounds of negotiations but failed to make any headway, and farmers’ unions have vowed to carry on the protests until the laws are rolled back.

At Sunday’s rally at a grain market in Barnala, a town in Punjab, union leaders outlined plans to mobilise farmers and farm workers from across the northern state and move to a protest site outside Delhi later this month.

“We came here to make Punjab’s farmers aware of the movement in Delhi. We came to tell them what’s happening there and what will happen next,” prominent farmer leader Joginder Ugrahan told Reuters.

A sea of supporters, including tens of thousands of women, began gathering in Barnala early in the day, riding in on buses, tractors, trailers and cars. Local police estimated a crowd of between 120,000 and 130,000 eventually gathered, comprising one of the largest rallies against the laws.

Baljinder Singh, a 52-year-old farmer, said he had travelled 30 kilometres to attend the rally. “Our objective is that the black laws enacted by the Modi government are repealed,” Singh said, tightly grasping a flag of a farmers’ union.

In New Delhi, a senior official from Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party blamed opposition parties for attempting to prolong the agitation but said the government was open for further talks.
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Damn this thread is smoking the Uighur genocide thread..

Much appreciate all the love provided by Pakistanis for the Indian farmers giving more importance over their Ummah.

:angel:
 
Romali_rotti said:
Damn this thread is smoking the Uighur genocide thread..

Much appreciate all the love provided by Pakistanis for the Indian farmers giving more importance over their Ummah.

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Er... I wouldn't let a random forum thread post count give you that impression mate.

Fact is. Indian hypocrisy is being exposed and it's schadenfreude all round for your neighbours.
 
observer1 said:
Er... I wouldn't let a random forum thread post count give you that impression mate.

Fact is. Indian hypocrisy is being exposed and it's schadenfreude all round for your neighbours.
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What hypocrisy in farmers protest?
 
Itachi said:
What hypocrisy in farmers protest?
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Bus sunte jao :facepalm:

I don't think these are good laws (explained the crippling poverty it'll cause in the farming cammunities just overall a bad law for the farming cammunities)

but litterally a ton of countries moved towards these corporate farming
It's almost a norm now a days

But from Khalistan, to india breaking, to Modi fearing for his election situation, to indian hypocrisy (even though litterally a butt load of countries moved towards this neo liberal policy)

Everything is being discussed by Pak poster except for the damn law
 
This protest is like those people against Ertugul show. Don't like it, don't watch it. But let others have a choice if they want to watch. But people are so intolerant that if they don't like something, they don't want it to be available as a choice to anyone.
 
Karnal, Haryana – For nearly two months, Prem Singh, 65, followed a ritual he had unwittingly slipped into.

He left his village in northern India’s Haryana state on December 1, 2020, to join tens of thousands of Indian farmers staging sit-ins along the borders of the national capital to demand the repeal of agricultural laws passed in September last year.

While camping at the protest site in Singhu – located along the Delhi-Haryana border – Prem ensured he called his son Sandeep, 34, back in the village every morning.

“He did not have a phone of his own,” Sandeep says, sitting in his dimly-lit room in the village of Manpura in Haryana’s Karnal district, 260km (161 miles) away from Singhu.

“But he would use somebody else’s mobile to check on us. I expected his call at a certain time every day. It had almost become a ritual.”

That ritual came to an abrupt end on January 26.

Crammed on a tractor at Singhu with several others, Prem, at around six in the evening, collapsed off the vehicle. He never made it back.

“I was with him at that time,” says Joginder Singh, 36, a resident of Manpura.

“We paid our respects to him at the protest site and took his body to the village for the funeral. He became one of the many martyrs that have laid their lives for the cause of the farmers.”

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government pushed through three farm laws using the governing Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) majority in Parliament, farmer unions, mainly from India’s grain bowl states of Punjab and Haryana, have erupted in anger.

Since November 26, tens of thousands of farmers have camped at three different locations around the capital, demanding the government withdraw the laws they say put them at the mercy of private companies and destroy their livelihoods.

As the protest enters its 100th day on Friday, at least 248 farmers have died at the borders outside New Delhi, according to the data collected by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), or United Farmers’ Front.

Some died of health issues, others by suicide, said the SKM, which on Saturday plans to stop all traffic on the six-lane Western Peripheral Expressway that forms a ring outside New Delhi for up to five hours to continue their protest.

‘I plan to take my father’s place’
Despite mounting deaths, the farmers say their commitment towards the protest remains unshaken. But their active involvement has run into impediments.

In the month since Prem’s death, Sandeep has been home to welcome visitors who have come to offer condolences.

“My mother is also not back to normal,” he says.

“She is not speaking to anyone. I need to be at home to look after her. But I plan to take my father’s place at Singhu once everything settles down. We have lost the main member of our family. We also have to worry about our income.”

With only an acre of farmland, Sandeep says the family’s major income comes through labour work.

“I work as a driver, my elder brother works as a labourer here and there,” says Sandeep.

“After my father’s death, there is one less earning member in the family. I need to balance my work and my time at Singhu. I can’t stop earning, but I can’t abandon the protests either.”

For Sandeep Kaur, 34, the issue is not as complicated. She has two children – aged two and five – and even though she supports the agitation, there is little she can actively do about it.

Her husband, Manpreet, 42, had been camping at Singhu from the day the protest began.

“After almost a month of being at the border, he came home to see us,” she told Al Jazeera during a telephone call.

“The next day, he felt uneasy. The day after that, he died sitting in his chair. The doctor said he suffered a silent heart attack.”

With very little farmland in the small town of Bhawanigarh in Punjab’s Sangrur district, Kaur can no longer afford to participate in the protests.

“I have to take care of my little kids,” she says. “I do not get along with my in-laws. My father passed away three years ago. I am a small farmer and I have very little support system. We have not received any help from the government, either.”

Like Kaur, Sandeep Singh is also a small farmer, who cultivates rice and wheat largely for self-consumption. The new farm laws do not affect him directly, he says.

“But they will devastate livelihoods of farmers with larger landholdings that are dependent on the government-decided minimum support price,” he says.

“If they lose their income, they can’t employ people like us to work in their farmlands.”

Roshni Singh, 60, and her husband Shishpal, 72, looked after two acres of their farm in the village of Gagsina, 20km (12 miles) from Manpura. Shishpal’s brother Kripal, 62, nurtured another two acres.

“We had divided the work on four acres between the two families,” says Roshni, covering her head with a scarf.

When the farmers’ agitation began around New Delhi, Shishpal had his task cut out. “He had been at the protest site at Singhu from the first day,” says Roshni.

‘Juggling between protest and farmland’
While he was away, Kripal doubled up to look after his brother’s farmland. Roshni managed the household and started spending more time in the field than she usually did.

“That way, we could participate in the protests and also maintain the farms,” she says. “It was an arrangement that seemed to be working for us.”

But on January 4, Kripal received a call from a farmer at Singhu. Shishpal had suffered a heart attack and was admitted to a hospital in Sonipat city in Haryana.

“He was shifted to another hospital a day or two later,” says Kripal. “Five days after the attack, he died. We had to borrow about 300,000 rupees ($4,100) for his treatment.”

Shishpal is survived by two children – Sandip, 25, and Manju, 27.

“Manju is married,” says Roshni. “Sandip is in the army. My son is standing on the borders of the country. My husband stood on the borders of the capital. I am proud of both of them.”

The night before he suffered a heart attack, Shishpal had come home for a day. “He was absolutely fine and upbeat,” Roshni says, with a wistful smile that deepens her wrinkles.

“He mobilised more farmers in the village to join the protests, erected a union flag on a tractor, and chanted slogans. He deeply cared about the protests and was determined to see the withdrawal of the farm laws.”

Kripal says his brother would often worry about the state-regulated markets, called mandis, once the private players step in.

“The mandis will become redundant,” Kripal recalls his brother saying.

“The corporations would dictate prices, and they would have a monopoly over us. The corporate power over agriculture would make us slaves on our own lands.”

These words, reverberating in Kripal’s ears, have made him more determined to see the protests through.

“That is what Shishpal would have wanted,” he says. “I have been to Singhu a couple of times since he passed away. I am juggling between the protests and the farmland.”

Every morning, Kripal wakes up, and walks over to his farm to water the wheat crop that is currently being cultivated. He sprays fertilisers and pesticides if he has to.

He then walks over to Shishpal’s land and repeats the process. What started as a temporary arrangement for Kripal has now become a ritual for him.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021...deaths-later-indian-farmers-remain-determined
 
Apparently it’s still goin on. Thought it’s over!
 
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