On World Human Rights Day, Prominent Human Right Groups pray for the Chardi Kla of Farmers’ Struggle at Akal Takht Sahib

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Marking the 73rd World Human Rights Day, Punjab based human rights bodies namely Khalra Mission Organisation, Punjab Human Rights Organisation and Human Rights Insaaf Sangharsh Committee today offered prayers at the supreme Sikh throne Sri Akal Takht Sahib for the high morale of farmers’s struggle against oppressive Indian regime. 

Interacting with media on this occasion, the leaders of these bodies said that the Indian government should repeal the trio farm laws while coming out of the tentacles of corporate giants like Ambanis and Adanis. 

“The total worth of Mukesh Ambani has multi five times during the last five years while the farmers are struggling on roads to save their existence,” they added.  

Lambasting the BJP led Indian government for its deceitful promise about doubling farmers’ income by 2022, they said that the true colours of Indian government have got exposed with the implementation of these three farm laws aimed at snatching farming land from the farmers. 

They also accused the ruling Indian government of avenging religious enmities while raising questions over the working of Indian Supreme Court. 

They dubbed the ongoing farmers’ agitation as a struggle between the descendants of Bhai Lalo Ji and descendants of Malik Bhago. 

Dal Khalsa dedicates 2020’s WHRD to the rights of farmers and political prisoners

Dal Khalsa has dedicated this year’s World Human Rights Day (WHRD) to the rights of farmers and political prisoners from Kashmir to Punjab to central India. 

To commemorate the 2020’s World Human Rights Day, the Dal Khalsa leaders today released a poster in this regard during a press conference held in Amritsar. They demanded the release of those prisoners, who were framed in false cases due to their political belief and ideology beside those who have completed their jail term, alleging that their detention was illegal. 

President Harpal Singh Cheema said Indian government continues to violate human rights through aggression and black and draconian laws. He said taking undue advantage of the countrywide lockdown, the present Government targeted all those sections that are politically and ideologically opposed its fascist policies and framed them in fake cases.

He referred to the names of the students of JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia who were booked under UAPA in connection with Delhi violence. He said ever since the Modi government 2 has been formed, the rights excesses in Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi and elsewhere has increased manifold. He said the protesters against CAA and NRC, abrogation of Article 370 and recently enacted three contentious farm laws have met with batons and prisons.  

The organisation’s young activists led by Paramjit Singh Tanda were participating in the on-going stir in Delhi and observing the day with protesting farmers.

Cheema, who was accompanied by senior leaders H S Dhami and Kanwar Pal Singh, said it seems the ego of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah is coming as a big hurdle in conceding to the farmer’s demand in dropping three farm laws. They urged the farmer organisations spearheading the agitation not to lower the guard.

When reporters asked about an allegations making rounds that Khalistanis have infiltrated in farmers agitation, Cheema clarified it’s a sheer propaganda. He said like farmers and other sections of society, Khalistanis too are participating in the agitation because they are also sons of the soil and they are farmers too. They are very much part of our society and are equally concerned and bothered about the future of farming that is being threatened by new laws. He narrated his own example. I too participated and joined the Delhi sit-in. I believe in Khalistan ideology but at same time, I am a farmer too. He said it’s not possible to separate both (ideology and identity) within me. 

He said there is a design to propagate their participation to create divisions and segregate Punjab farmers from the rest of countries farmers. 

As far as decision making is concerned it solely rests on joint leadership of farmers organisations. 

Khalistan andolan and farmers andolan are two separate causes, and people in power and Godi Media was unnecessarily clubbing both, observed Cheema.