Parkash Badal the CM of Panjab seems at this point to be a mute spectator to the on going 'Social Cleansing' of Sikhs in Gujarat.Only time will tell at what his response will be if Haryana to goes ahead with throwing out hard working Sikhs from their own homes & land.
The Hindutva Ideology can be seen in action right now by Narendra Modi & his first target were Sikhs,this is a sample of what his vision is for when he becomes Prime Minister of India.The quicker the Sikh Nation awakens to the reality of the situation the better it will be for us in the longer term.
After Gujarat, Sikh farmers in Haryana are now facing the threat of eviction threat.
The Congress party, which raised a hue and cry against the Narendra Modi government's decision to evict Sikh farmers from Kutch, is now on the back foot after a similar issue concerning Haryana Sikh farmers has reached the Prime Minister's Office.
Former chairman of National Commission for Minorities Tarlochan Singh in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has requested the latter to save hundreds of farmers in Kaithal and Kurukshetra districts from displacement.
Sikh farmers in Kaithal and Kurukshetra (pictured) own more than 15,000 acres of land
"These Sikh farmers were settled by the then government of India in areas which later formed a part of Haryana state. The state government has asked them to vacate the land," Tarlochan Singh told Mail Today.
The land owned by the Sikh farmers in Kaithal and Kurukshetra districts is around 15,000 acres.
More than 3,500 families were given barren land on lease for a period of 20 years in 1952.
Seeking help: Former chairman of the National
Commission for Minorities Tarlochan Singh (left) has written to ask
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene in the matter
The farmers were issued eviction notices in 1973, which was challenged by the affected farmers in a local court from where the case reached the Supreme Court.
The farmers lost the case in the Supreme Court but the court said the state government can extend the land lease.
Members of the Indian National Sikh Youth Forum
burn the effigy of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a protest
at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi (File photo)
These 100 families belong to Karah Sahib village.
They lost their land in 2012 and now they have been asked to leave their homes.
"We are not growing any crop for the last 18 months. Now they have asked us to vacate our houses citing the court order. Sikhs are being treated as second-class citizens here. The power supply to the village has been cut off to compel us to leave the place," said Lakhwinder Kaur, a farmer.
This is the second time the Prime Minister has been asked to intervene in the case.
"During 2009, when Manmohan Singh visited Pehova, the affected farmers had requested him to intervene in the matter and safeguard their interests. He had directed Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to take steps to protect the rights of the farmers. But the Haryana government just slept over the issue," Tarlochan said.
Haryana revenue minister Mahender Pratap Singh was not available for comment.
State Congress Committee president Phool Chand Mulana expressed ignorance about the case of Haryana Sikh farmers. "I have no knowledge about the case. I am currently out of Haryana," he said.