February 4: India’s GDP and Morality Drops Under Modi’s Rule
Posted: 04 Feb 2021 09:19 PM PST

1. The GDP of India has fallen as Modi makes it economically weak, but even worse Modi continues to demonstrate the moral bankruptcy of the Indian govt. We see today the morcha sites look like Nazi concentration camps, we see BJP goons burning effigies of Greta Thunberg, we see the threat of 7-year Jail sentences to senior Twitter staff, we see journalists arrested, we see female activists sexually and physically assaulted, then see a protestor shot in the face, then media deny he was shot despite the wounds on video, we see thousands of elderly citizens sleeping on a motorway, which leads to 200 passing away. It demonstrates Modi operating India as an authoritarian fascist regime.
2. The reaction to the tweet of Rihanna has shown how vain, fickle, panicked the so-called powerful BJP govt is.
3. Times of India – The Indian government on Wednesday warned Twitter to either follow its orders regarding the removal of “inflammatory content” on farmers’ protests, or be ready to face jail and financial penalty. The action, under the IT Act Section 69A (3), could result in up to seven years jail for senior Twitter India officials, and a financial penalty on the firm.
4. In reference to spikes in the ground. Punji sticks made from bamboo were used in the Vietnam war and some other earlier wars against enemy armies were internationally banned in the early 1980s with the ‘Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’. Today even deadlier iron spikes are being used against our “own” farmers around Delhi.
5. Farm leader Rakesh Takait continues to draw huge crowds. He talked about the internet ban has said that this is a revolution & not a WhatsApp game, agitation is unaffected by internet ban. He said that it’s fight for fair price of crops. He said that we won’t leave & are not intimidated by Delhi police’s nails on roads.
6. Rakesh Takait has said that chaka jaam of 6th will be outside Delhi everywhere in India. He has sought cooperation and urged people to participate in 3hr Transport strike on 6th Feb
7. On 126th day of protest in Machiwara area, a motorcycle rally was taken out by youth. The rally with over 500 motorcycles passed through 40 villages. The rally was welcomed in all villages with showers of flower petals.
8. Key meeting is underway between Amit Shah, Police Commissioner and notorious Ajit Doval. Discussions on analysis of 26th is the main agenda along with law and order conditions around the borders of Delhi.
9. Adding to human rights violations of protesting people electricity supplies are either disconnected or low phased at Tikri. This hasn’t stopped farmers & many generators have been brought in from Punjab. 17 gensets reached today at Tikri.
10. BKU Ekta-Ugrahan person said that farmers of Daun Kalan in Patiala brought a generator yesterday and now we are getting power from here. At the langar site we need the power to operate chapat-making machines. Many other volunteers have installed solar panels and are constantly bringing in diesel for the generators.
11. Many more Khaps ( gatherings) have announced March to #ghazipurborder and the crowd is expected to swell even more. Current numbers approximately close to 2.3 lacs.
12. Today there was waterlogging at Singhu, so protestors brought a water dispenser to get rid of rainwater.
13. Here is what Dissent looks like in india. If you protest in Bihar, you will not be given clearance by police for passport application (if you ever apply). If you protest in Uttarakhand you are no longer eligible for government jobs. If you protest in Kashmir you are eligible for UAPA and even extra judicial encounter. If you protest in Punjab you are stamped with UAPA. 4060 Sikh youth are facing UAPA in Punjab for merely defining Sikh narratives clearly as they are without R/L alignment. Let this sink in. Let the world know. I know lot of people who won’t speak a word on public platforms because they lose their jobs or fear authorities. I stand by you all. We will over come this. Thanks to farmers we might actually see some light on our beloved nation.” (Amaan)
14. Oldest person arrested by Delhi Police is 80-year-old Gurmukh Singh, a former India army soldier. His name cropped up in the list of 122 people arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the Republic Day violence, his family in Punjab is yet to reconcile with the shock. The oldest among those arrested, Gurmukh Singh was taken into custody on January 29 by Mukherjee Nagar police station staff. He is a small farmer from Shamaspur village in Fatehgarh Sahib district and grows wheat and paddy on his one-and-a-half acre plot of land. He has been in Delhi ever since the protest began in November 2020. The police’s list of arrested includes those in their 70s and 80s. Gurmukh Singh like all others have been charged with rioting, unlawful assembly, assaulting and obstructing public servant, attempt to murder, dacoity and robbery. “He was against the farm laws since day one and wanted them repealed… he has been at the morcha at Delhi’s Singhu border since the beginning. Gurmukh retired from the Army as a subedar more than three decades ago. He leads a disciplined life and would go to the gurdwara twice a day…,” said the sarpanch.
15. United Hindu Front burn pictures of new USA Vice President Kamala Harris niece Meena Harris. She tweets to show how ridiculous they are.
16. NDTV New Delhi: Greta Thunberg’s tweets on farmers have been cited in a case filed today by the Delhi Police that alleges an overseas “conspiracy” and an attempt to “promote enmity between groups”. The teen climate campaigner, unfazed, tweeted that she “still” stood with farmers and “no amount of threats” would change that.
17. BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi speaks on climate and environmental activist Greta Thunberg, over her tweet on #FarmLaws. She said Greta proves farmers protest are a foreign plan against India and then condemns Greta for being nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.