Sikh Farmers MURDERED in Lakhimour Kheir,

Kau89r8 · October 15

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GurjantGnostic · October 15

GurjantGnostic · October 15

40 minutes ago, GurjantGnostic said:

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Sorry confused bootha. That's Gurbani.

Kau89r8 · October 15

He who controls the Land, controls the Food Production; He who controls food production, controls the Food; He who controls the Food, Controls the people.

@GurjantGnostic @proudkaur21

Kau89r8 · October 15

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read the timeline about 'Khalistan'

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Kau89r8 · October 15

3 hours ago, proudkaur21 said:

A hindu man killed 5 sikh farmers and no outrage . But anytime a sikh does something these people seem to have alot of problem. Cowards are only in power because of the useless backstabbing British not because of their merit or strength.

read the qt's from them lol

dharamyudh · October 15

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dharamyudh · October 16

Reposting this song. India's really tryna go against the Fauj like they care

Premi5 · October 26

He looks like a 'wrong un'

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lakhimpur-kheri-union-minister-ajay-mishra-blames-up-police-for-violence-101634539127079.html

Lakhimpur Kheri: Union minister Ajay Mishra blames local police for violence

An SUV had mowed down the group of protesters in Lakhimpur Kheri's Tikunia village, killing eight of them, including four farmers. The protesters have claimed that Union minister's son Ashish was in the car and are even demanding Ajay Mishra's removal.

Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra Teni in Lucknow.(ANI Photo)

Published on Oct 18, 2021 12:13 PM IST

By hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Union minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni' has blamed the local police in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri for violence in Tikunia village, in which eight people were killed. The minister's son is the prime accused in the case. He is in judicial custody and being interrogated.

Mishra made the remarks on Sunday while attending a prayer meeting at Singha Khurd village for three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who had died in the wake of the October 3 violence. The Union minister said that one of these workers, Shyam Sundar Nishad, was alive and had reached the ambulance but was dragged out and killed in the presence of police officials.

He further alleged that the police did not conduct proper recce of the area despite intelligence inputs; Mishra also said no barricades were put on the route which was taken by the protesters who were coming back after stating a stir.

An SUV had mowed down a group of protesters in Tikunia village, killing eight of them, including four farmers. The protesters have claimed that minister's son Ashish was in the car and are even demanding Ajay Mishra's removal.

They have organised a nationwide 'Rail Roko' protest demanding the sacking of the minister from the Union cabinet. Ajay Mishra has been denying all the allegations, even claiming that his son was not present at the site on that day.

The fresh remarks from the minister are expected to give fresh ammunition to the opposition, which has been targeting Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state. They have claimed that the state government does not care about the farmers and have joined the farmers in demanding the Union minister's removal.

Official said that the police team investigating the violence in Tikunia village has received over 147 videos of the incident, which are being reviewed for further clues. Most of these videos were sent by eyewitnesses on the cellphone number issued by the police.

The investigating team is also conducting raids to arrest key witness Sumit Jaiswal, who was believed to be in the SUV leading a convoy of three vehicles that rammed into the protesters. Jaiswal failed to appear before the police team despite being summoned.

Premi5 · October 26

How convenient

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lakhimpur-kheri-case-key-accused-ashish-mishra-tested-for-dengue-hospitalised-101635040680446.html

INDIA NEWS

Lakhimpur Kheri case key accused Ashish Mishra tested for dengue, hospitalised

Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra, is the chief accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.

Lakhimpur Kheri: So far, 13 people, including Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister of state for home Ajai Mishra Teni, and Ashish’s friend, Ankit Das, have been arrested. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 24, 2021 09:15 AM IST

Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, is reportedly suffering from dengue and has been hospitalised. According to news agency ANI, Ashish was shifted to a government hospital from the district jail, where he was lodged, due to “suspected dengue”. Citing a senior jail official, the agency reported that Ashish's blood sample has been sent for confirmation of the vector-borne disease.

Premi5 · October 26

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lakhimpur-kheri-supreme-court-to-continue-hearing-today-here-s-what-happened-in-last-proceeding-101635207156249.html

Lakhimpur Kheri: Supreme Court to continue hearing today. Here's what happened in last proceeding

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: The Supreme Court rapped the Uttar Pradesh police for “dragging its feet” in the investigation and noted that the special investigation team (SIT) probing the case needed to get more witnesses to record their statements.

The Supreme Court (File Photo / HT)

Published on Oct 26, 2021 06:29 AM IST

Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

The Supreme Court will continue hearing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on Tuesday, a week after it rapped the Uttar Pradesh police for “dragging its feet” in the investigation. Noting that the special investigation team (SIT) probing the violence needed to get more witnesses to record their statements, the top court adjourned the proceedings last week to October 26. The bench asserted that the SIT must identify the vulnerable witnesses, provide them protection and record their statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), as it will have more evidentiary value.

Also Read | Lakhimpur Kheri case key accused Ashish Mishra tested for dengue, hospitalised

As many as eight people, including four farmers and a journalist, were killed on October 3 during a farmers' protest in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district. An SUV, belonging to Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra's convoy, ran over them. Thirteen people, including Ashish Mishra, the prime suspect in the case and the Union minister’s son, have so far been arrested in connection with the incident.

In its hearing last week, the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government why the statements of only four witnesses had been recorded till then. Senior advocate Harish Halve, appearing for the government, sought to dispel the query by saying the police have arrested a number of those accused in the incident and that the statements of other witnesses were being recorded when the courts had shut due to the Dussehra break.

The Supreme Court also asked the government why police custody of other accused was not sought, noting, “Until and unless they are interrogated by police, you won't find out.”

Also Read | What happened in Lakhimpur Kheri: Sequence of events according to both sides

Earlier, too, the top court expressed its dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Uttar Pradesh government in the “brutal murder” of the eight men in Lakhimpur Kheri. On October 8, the top court said it was “not satisfied” with the action taken in the violence and also questioned the Uttar Pradesh government regarding the delay in arresting accused Ashish Mishra.

Ashish, who was taken into police remand, has in the meanwhile contracted dengue and was sent to the district jail on Saturday evening for treatment at its healthcare facility, according to police officials familiar with the development. On Friday, he was taken into two-day police custody along with three others for further interrogation in the case.

Premi5 · November 4

https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/who-are-the-sikhs-of-lakhimpur-kheri-tracing-their-history-origin-livelihood/746050/

@shastarSingh- what is your opinion?

And, @S1ngh or @Kau89r8- please can title of this thread be corrected for the spelling ?

Who are the Sikhs of Lakhimpur Kheri? Tracing their history, origin, livelihood

Sikh families in the Terai region in Uttar Pradesh, of which Lakhimpur Kheri is a part, migrated to the region post Partition. Most of them practice farming.

TENZIN ZOMPA 7 October, 2021 1:04 pm IST

The district of Lakhimpur Kheri is home to the largest Sikh population in Uttar Pradesh, most of whom belong to the farming community.

According to the 2011 Census, 6,43,500 Sikh population live in Uttar Pradesh and of them, 94,388 are settled in Lakhimpur Kheri. However, they are a minority in the district as they constitute just 2.63 per cent of the district’s population.

Sikhs in Uttar Pradesh

A sizable population of Sikhs moved to Uttar Pradesh and settled in various districts in the Terai belt after Partition.

Known as ‘mini Punjab’, the Terai belt, a marshy plain south of the Himalayas on the Nepal border, stretches from Saharanpur in the west to Kushinagar in the east and includes districts such as Nalital, Pilibhit, Rampur, Bijnor and Lakhimpur Kheri.

According to the 1963 Census, UP witnessed a 43.58 per cent rise in Sikh population from 1,97,612 in 1951 to 2,83,737 in 1961.

A report in the Economic and Political Weekly magazine noted that this migration was fuelled by the agricultural potential of the land, which had been lying barren prior to Independence.

The first settlement of Sikh farmers was set up in 1952, when refugees from Punjab were granted 12 acres of land per family. However, land was only given to those who already owned some acres in their native regions.

“Post India’s and Punjab’s Partition in 1947, compensatory land was given to those who had to forfeit their land in West Punjab, in parts of Punjab and UP. That is how a substantial number of Punjabi people — and Sikh community — the Jats among them (as primary landowners in colonial and post-colonial Punjab) came to own land”, Anshu Malhotra, Professor & Kapany Chair for Sikh & Punjab Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, told ThePrint.

Meanwhile, lower caste Sikhs like a section of Raisikhs joined the labour force since they did not receive land of their own. Some of the Raisikhs also bought land from local tribes like Tharus and Buxhas, the original inhabitants of Terai, along with the Mazhabis, another lower caste community of Sikhs.

In 2019-20, Lakhimpur Kheri was the highest contributor to the agricultural production in the state.

The Sikh farmers have played a huge role in making Lakhimpur Kheri district one of the highest contributors to the agricultural production of the state with a total contribution of Rs 12,414.40 crore to the state’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector in 2019-20.

Alleged militancy

While several Sikh families in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh trace their origins to the Partition, the region has often been called the “base of operations” for Sikh “militants”, especially in the 1980s-90s.

In 1986, police raids were conducted on 6.5 lakh Sikh households, in a purported counter-terrorism measure. While nothing incriminating was found in the raids, the Sikh farmers in the region accused the UP government, then led by Congress’ Vir Bahadur Singh, of treating them as second-class citizens.

Several violent incidents have also been reported from the area since the 1990s, including the encounter in Pilibhit in 1991, where 10 Sikhs were killed by the UP Police in three separate ‘encounters’.

Initially, the 10 Sikhs were identified as militants but later it was found they were pilgrims returning from holy sites. In 2016, 47 police officers were sentenced to life for the killings.

In 2017, a joint operation by Punjab Police and UP’s Anti-Terrorism Squad, raised the alarm that militants of a banned Khalistani terror group, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), were residing in districts dominated by Sikhs in Uttar Pradesh.

Two members of the group were later arrested from Lakhimpur Kheri.

Also read: Lakhimpur Kheri reporter was alive but police took him to morgue, not hospital, brother agonises

On farm laws

Sikh farmers in Uttar Pradesh have been part of the ongoing farmers’ protest, which started last year, against the three contentious farm laws.

The Sikh-dominated areas in Uttar Pradesh largely cultivate sugarcane, an important cash crop in the state, while rice and wheat are principal food grain crops. Others include pearl millet, maize, rapeseed and mustard.

In the past few years, an agrarian crisis has developed in the cultivation of sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh. The crisis revolves around three major issues — unchanged prices, delayed or staggered payments, and exponential growth in input costs.

Sugarcane farmers have also protested against this crisis earlier, particularly, the non-upgradation of sugarcane state advised price (SAP), which had remained unchanged since 2017-18.

The Yogi Adityanath government raised the price in 2021, from Rs 325 per quintal to Rs 350 per quintal. However, farmer leader, Rakesh Tikait, chief of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, called the move a big joke on farmers.

The Sikh population in Uttar Pradesh is considered an important vote bank in the Terai region, with its numbers significant enough to tilt the results in the region.

In 2018, Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) Sukhbir Singh Badal also admitted their political significance and said, “Sikhs control more than 70,000 votes in the state (UP).”

Also read: Lakhimpur Kheri FIR says minister’s son sat on left side of SUV, opened fire on protesters

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