Heh, I've already discussed this in places and know the deal. Toolkit operation where something small is magnified beyond reality. External actors like Rihanna & Greta could not for the lives of them even find Punjab on the map. Another example toolkit operation is the George Floyd protests. Or how to generate a disproportionate reaction to some grievance or wrongdoing using systematic methods and modern communications. Great payday for the media who get co-opted to further some nefarious goal
It was middlemen instigating people so they would avoid taxes as a result of reforms. That is all you need to know. The funding came from abroad to keep these jokers on the streets for weeks and months. And then the disgrace at republic day two years back. Same fake demonstration as anti-CAA.
A law that was passed democratically was rejected by people who do not believe in democracy. They went to the streets instead. They rioted. All attempts at dialogue were rejected by their reps who showed up and sat with their backs to govt officials. How ironic that the govt would be charged for being autocratic. Only the misinformed, motivated or naive buy it.
In the process, they stalled something that should have been done 30 years ago. This was no 'farmers' protest but just some landlords in Punjab with some solidarity from Harynana. The rest of the country's farmers have already moved along. No protests were seen anywhere else.
They wanted to retain a colonial-era reservation. Brits gave the Sikhs reservation in military & agriculture around 1890. Why? because Sikhs with Hindus could not be taken on but if they were separated then the Sikhs were vulnerable and therein lies the source of separatism. It was the Brits.
Now if you aren't aware of what I said above, Not my fault.
Let the adults talk and the kids watch. Works
