The farm laws have been repealed. Someone please tell Kahan Singh. But wait, wasn’t he the first casualty in the farmers’ movement protesting the acts passed in Parliament in September 2020? Hit by a car on November 24, on the roadside where trollies were parked. He died on the spot. Dhanna Singh died next. He had mobilised farmers from over 40 villages to join the protest. A truck hit his tractor-trolley and he fell to his death. Crushed. Do you think it would make a difference to him, the decision to repeal? Janak Raj was sleeping in a car, the car caught fire and Janak Raj with it.
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Gajjan Singh, 55, caught a cold and died. Gurdev Singh died of a heart attack. Lakhbir Singh, heart attack. Rajinder Kaur, heart attack. Gurmail Kaur, heart attack. Ajay More, hypothermia. Harjeet Singh, heat stroke. Baljinder Singh Gill was from Ludhiana, Gurjant Singh from Mansa, Gurbachan Singh Sibia from Moga. Karnail Singh was a landless farmer, as was Ram Deya; Makhan Khan, a farm labourer; Baba Ram Singh, a Sikh priest; Munim Krishan Lal Gupta, an accountant and member of Arthiya Association; and Kabul Singh, a retired soldier. Daler Singh was 25. Bachitar Singh was 40. Navdeep Singh, 33. Pritam Singh, 75. Victory, martyrdom, repeal, repeal, repeal. Who will tell them what has happened?
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Magyar Singh, 70. Karamjeet Singh, 45. Gurvinder Singh, 19. Bhajan Singh, 80. Jasveer Singh consumed poison, he had a debt of over 12 lakh. Tara Singh was found hanging from a pipe. Gurpreet Singh was found hanging from a neem tree. More suicide deaths. Sant Ram Singh, Kulbir Singh, Amarjit Singh, Kashmir Singh, Gurlabh Singh, Amarinder Singh, Nirmal Singh, Granthi Naseeb Singh Maan, G. Perumal, Labh Singh, Sucha Singh, Bhagwan Rana, Karambir, Makhan Singh, Jagtar Singh, Kirpal Singh, Satwant Singh, Jagsir Singh, Rajbir Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Harpal Singh, Gurtej Singh, Resham Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Jagvir Singh, Mukesh Dagar, Harnek Singh, Jarnail Singh, Ram Singh Rambo, Veena Rani, Gurbhej Singh, Pala, Pritam Singh, Karamjeet Singh, Sukhdev Singh. Debt upon debt. Debt as legacy. Try and tell them, will you? Apology sought on the holy occasion of Gurpurab, laws repealed, meaning annulled, meaning no longer a law. And the PM himself has said, "...return home to your fields and your families and make a new beginning, let us move forward afresh".
