Jagtar Singh

  Potential of farmers struggle to catalyse rise of non-communal platform scares Sangh Parivar Jagtar Singh   Ground Zero The ongoing struggle commanded by the farmers from Punjab who happen to be predominantly Sikhs has rattled the Sangh Parivar that has launched   atrocious campaign to vilify it as being the under-cover mobilisation for Khalistan. This first ever such massive non-communal mobilisation of the people on the very basic   issue of survival has the potential to facilitate emergence of non-communal broader platform to challenge and dismantle the divisive regime constructed over the years by the Sangh Parivar of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a very refined product. Every policy of this regime is dictated by the agenda of constructing a Hindu India. The farmers struggle can get transformed into broader platform for non-communal forces that is absent till now. This is what scares the Sangh Parivar that is trying to demolish this struggle as being part of Khali

  Situation heading towards confrontation between farmers and Modi government   Jagtar Singh Ground Zero   When Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the three farm acts as being in the interest of the farmers while citing specific instances during his ‘Man Ki Baat’ from various regions of the country, the signal was clear. His strong man and Union Home Minister Amit Shah too advanced the same argument while talking to the media at Hyderabad a few hours later where he had gone for campaigning for his party despite Covid. The situation signals likely deadlock as thousands of farmers converge to the outskirts of Delhi and reject the conditional invitation of talks. It should not be overlooked that at the time when economy is contracting, it is the agrarian sector that is giving the push. Unfortunately, the social media sections aligned to the Sangh Parivar and a section of the embedded media has started the nefarious game of attacking the agitation by the farmers for su

  Sangh Parivar revives Khalistan narrative to confront Punjab-led farmers struggle for survival Jagtar Singh Ground Zero   Top trending hashtag on Twitter till around 6.40 pm was #Khalistani with 17K tweets. Aarti   Tikoo Singh: Quite clear ISI-backed Khalistani elements have infiltrated farmers’ protest in India. The Tatva: As per the intel sources, the security of Delhi has also been increased as the rebels plan on raising Khalistani flag at India Gate in the cover of ‘Delhi Chalo Protest’ while the Khalistani Organization from Canada have raised $1 Million for the protests. Narendra Modi fan: Congress AAP Propaganda Exposed, Farmer Protests or Khalistani Protest? The farmers in several states have taken to streets against the three farm acts adopted by the Narendra Modi government at the time when the world is grappling with Covid. Leading this protest are the farmers of Punjab. Ironically, the people -Annadata- who provided the much needed food sovereignty to Ind

  EVM Empire strikes back, withdraw Z plus security of Akali stalwart Bikram Singh Majithia   Jagtar Singh Ground Zero   When Akal Takht Acting Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, while pitching for the Shiromani Akali Dal, attacked the Narendra Modi government as the “EVM government”, he did not realise that the retaliation would be   hard and quick. The Modi government hit a soft target and withdrew Z plus security cover provided to party strongman Bikram Singh Majithia, brother of Harsimrat Kaur Badal who resigned recently from the Modi cabinet on the farmers issue after strongly supporting the same earlier. She is the wife of Akali Dal supremo Sukhbir Singh Badal. The platform from where Giani Harpreet Singh fired the missile was the 100 th anniversary function of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Manji Sahib Diwan Hall in the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) complex, an event that should have been a grand affair but ended up virtually as a non-event, like any ordi

  Panthic idiom missing at 100 th anniversary function of SGPC held under shadow of controversies relating to Guru Granth Sahib Jagtar Singh   Ground Zero Amritsar: Created on November 15, 1920, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee took upon itself the role of articulating aspirations and ambitions of the Sikh community and came to be perceived as the mini-Parliament of the Sikhs over time. Its history by way of contribution to the religio-political domain of the Sikhs is glorious. It was the first constitutional body in India that guaranteed voting right to women. However, its 100 anniversary function organised at Manji Sahib Diwan Hall in the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple ) complex on November 17 was not only dispirited but also lacked Panthic idiom in tone and tenor going by the main speeches. The only outcome that can be inferred is that this function is going to sharpen confrontation within the Sikh religio-political matrix. The tool that was resorted to was to

  Akal Takht Jathedar targets Modi government, skips crisis relating to missing Granths Jagtar Singh Ground Zero   Of late, Akal Takht acting Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has been giving out signals of revival of this supreme religio-political institution of the Sikhs for prayer and politics. However, he has also started slipping on certain important issues relating to Sikh religio-political dynamics, a sign that betrays his inability to confront the crucial issues within the Sikh domain. His traditional message to the Sikhs at large on Diwali and Bandi Chhod Divas has to be   analysed in this context. He seemed to be pressing all the right buttons. However, his message would have attained more credibility in case he had questioned the role of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee too, especially in the context of the 328 missing Birs of Guru Granth Sahib, an issue that has serious ramifications. This aspect has opened him to the criticism of not functioning as Jathe

  Centre’s confrontation with Punjab can revive critical narrative of step-motherly treatment Jagtar Singh Ground Zero   The Centre is on the path of confrontation with Punjab and the political dynamics of this state is different from all other regions in the country. All the main rail tracks have been cleared by the agitating farmers but for one dharna at Jandiala Guru on the Jalandhar-Amritsar mainline. However, other line to Amritsar is all clear and traffic can be diverted from Beas. The other two dharnas are on feeder lines leading from main tracks to the coal based private thermal plants and hence in no way affect the movement of trains. However, the rail traffic  to Punjab continues to be suspended by the Railways saying the situation is not conducive in the state due to farmers agitation. The farmers had blocked rail tracks as part of the agitation against the three Acts adopted by the Narendra Modi government that it propagates as pro-farmers. However, the farmer