Farmers harvest cauliflower in a field on the outskirts of Ambala district in Haryana.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait during the 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Hisar.
Members of various farmer organisations block a railway track leading to Adani Logistics Park during a countrywide four-hour 'rail roko' demonstration, called by Samyukta Kisan Mor...
Members of various farmer organisations block a railway track leading to Adani Logistics Park during a countrywide four-hour 'rail roko' demonstration, called by Samyukta Kisan Mor...
Women block a railway track during a four-hour 'rail roko' demonstration across the country, called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), as part of their agitation against Centre's farm...
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar meets VLCC Femina Miss Grand India 2020, Manika Sheokand and her family at his residence in Chandigarh. Manika, a Chemical Engineer hails...
Farmer leaders Rakesh Tikait, Gurnam Charuni, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Joginder Singh Ugra join hands during the 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Gadhi-Sampla Town in Rohtak.
Women attend a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in support of the ongoing farmers' agitation against Centre's farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district.
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait during a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in support of the ongoing farmers' agitation against Centre's farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district.
Farmers attend a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in support of the ongoing agitation against Centre's farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district.
Farmers attend a Kisan Mahapanchayat in support of the ongoing agitation against Centres farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh
Farmers attend a Kisan Mahapanchayat in support of the ongoing agitation against Centres farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh
Farmers attend a Kisan Mahapanchayat in support of the ongoing agitation against Centres farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh.
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait attends a Kisan Mahapanchayat in support of the ongoing farmers agitation against Centres farm reform laws, at Bahadurgarh.
Supporters move towards the Singhu border to take part in farmers' protest against farm reform laws, on the national highway 44 in Sonipat district.
Women and children ride a tractor on their way to take part in farmers' protest against farm reform laws at Singhu border, in Sonipat district.
Farmers from different villages march towards Singhu and Kundli borders to take part in the ongoing farmers' protest against the Centers' new farm laws, in Sonipat district.
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, farmers and supporters attend a 'Mahapanchayat', organised by Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Bhiwani.
Farmers participate in a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in support of their agitation against Centre's farm reform laws, near Haryana- Rajasthan border in Nuh district.
Farmers participate in a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in support of their agitation against Centre's farm reform laws, near Haryana- Rajasthan border in Nuh district.
What is the genesis of recent violence in Punjab and Haryana? Is it true that it all began in a Gurudwara (a Sikh temple) in Vienna?
Technically, the attack in Vienna was not in a gurudwara, but in a Gurdehera -- also commonly called a dera -- of the Dera Sachkand, a Ravidasi organisation. This is a new Ravidasi temple that has only recently been set-up on Rudolphsheim Street which also houses the only Gurudwara in the Austrian capital, which is said to be controlled by radicals loyal to Khalistan.
It is being suggested in some press versions, as in this Hindustan Times report, that "at the centre of the conflagration is a battle for the control of cash-rich overseas gurdwaras and an assertion of religious identity by Dalits who form roughly 29 per cent of Punjab’s three crore population. The new Ravidasi place of worship apparently took away a chunk of the offerings and the "tensions came to a head when visiting sect head Sant Niranjan Das was allegedly attacked by pro-Khalistani Sikhs" on Sunday, May 24. While Sant Niranjan Das, the sect-head, was injured, his second-in-command, Sant Ramanand, was fatally injured in the attack and the news of the latter's death on Monday ratcheted up the already inflamed passions of the Dera followers in Punjab and Haryana.
The ostensible reason for the attack in Vienna is said to be the alleged disrespect shown by the Dera leaders to the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book. But intelligence agencies are probing the possibilities of a larger conspiracy to stir up trouble between the Ravidasis and the Sikhs in India.
What exactly is Dera Sachkhand?...
