Sikhs in Gujrat

Attack on Sikh Farmers in Gujarat: Minority Commission says matter resolved; Farmers not satisfied

The issue pertaining to wrongful registration of a criminal case against certain Sikh farmers inhabiting Kutch area of Gujarat is now surrounded by confusion. India's National Commission of Minorities (NCM) maintains that the issue has already been resolved whereas the victim farmers tells a different story. Farmers say that nothing concrete has happened so far and farmers still face the victimization.

Targeted by land mafia, attacked by goons and booked by cops, Sikh farmers fleeing Gujarat

Targeted by land mafia, attacked by goons and booked by cops, Sikh farmers who had made the inhospitable terrain in Bhuj area of Gujarat cultivable, are now forced to flee the land they had made their home.

Attacked Sikh farmers in Gujarat too booked by police

Media reports say that Sikh farmers settled in the Kutch area of Gujarat are living in fear following the January 24 attack on some farmers at Loria village, 15 km from Bhuj.

BJP activists attack Sikh farmers in Kutch area of Gujrat

Jagjit Singh, a Kutch-based Sikh farmer, was seriously injured in an attack by a group allegedly associated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Loria village of Bhuj district this afternoon.

Narendra Modi is throwing us out of Gujrat: claims affected Sikh farmers

Anandpur Sahib/ Chandigarh (March 29, 2014): As per media reports [i]n a huge embarrassment to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine in Punjab, farmers from the Kutch district in Gujarat have called BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi's bluff.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal meet Sikh farmers of Kutch district in Gujrat

Gujrat, India (March 07, 2014): On day two (March 06) of his fact-finding mission to Narendra Modi's Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal met with Sikh farmers of the state in Abdasa block of Kutch district. These farmers are facing eviction from the land which they have been tilling since generations.

Sikh farmers in Kutch unimpressed by Narendra Modi’s claim at Jagron; Want Gujrat govt. to withdraw SLP from Supreme Court

Chandigarh/ Punjab (February 24, 2014): Farmers settled in Kutch remain doubtful of Narendra Modi's assurance that they will not be evicted from their land. Speaking at the Jagroan rally yesterday (Feb. 23), Gujrat Chief Minister and an aspirant to the post of Indian Prime Minister had said that vested interests were spreading canards in this regard, while maintaining that no Sikh farmer shall be evicted from Gujrat state.

Gujarat government to defreeze 52 (out of 800) Sikh farmers’ land

Chandigarh (December 20, 2013): According to certain media reports the Gujrat Government has decided to defreeze the land of 52 Sikh farmers in the Kutch region.

Attacked Gujarat Sikh farmers seek fresh FIR

Bhuj/ Chandigarh (October 19, 2013): According to certain media reports on October 13, 2013 a delegation of Sikh farmers from Gujarat met the Bhuj district police authorities to complain against the content of the FIR regarding the attack on certain Sikh farmers in Loria village of Bhuj on October 8.

12 arrested in relation to attack on Sikh family in Bhuj area of Gujrat; Others still at large

Bhuj, Gujrat (October 12, 2013): It is learnt that the Kutch police has arrested 12 villagers in relation to an attack on a family of Sikh farmers in Bhuj area of Gujrat. “The incident has irked Sikh farmers who are already protesting the state government's decision to freeze their land accounts on the grounds that they are migrants” the Indian Express (IE) writes.

Attack on Sikh farmers in Bhuj (Gujrat); Victims see BJP MLA hand behind the attack

Bhuj, Gujrat (October 12, 2013): According to certain media reports four Sikh farmers injured by 30 armed men on Tuesday (Oct. 08) at Loria village near Bhuj city in Gujarat's Kutch district have named Anjar's BJP legislator Vasanbhai Ahir as perpetrator.

Sikh Federation UK shows concern over attack on Sikh family in Gujrat

London, United Kingdom (October 10, 2013): The Sikh Federation (UK) has taken up the matter of the attack on a Sikh family at a farm in Gujarat with the UK Foreign Office and Indian High Commission in London.

Sikh family reportedly attacked by 30 men in Bhuj (Gujrat)

Chandigarh (October 8, 2013): At least four members of a Sikh family were injured when they were attacked by a group of men at their farm in Loria village of Bhuj district in Gujarat early this morning, reports reaching here said. The injured — Amandeep Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Angrej Singh and Harpreet Singh — have been admitted to the General Hospital at Bhuj.

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) condemns the Narendra Modi for forcing eviction of Sikh farmers

New Delhi, India (September 06, 2013): It is learnt that the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has condemned the Narendra Modi government's decision to evict 5,000 Sikh farmers from Bhuj district in Kutch and alleged that it showcases the "anti-farmer and pro-corporate stance" of the Chief Minister.

Sikh farmers of Kutch says Modi want to get them evicted

New Delhi/ Gujrat, India (September 06, 2013): According to a news published at India Today Online: [a]round 5,000 Sikh farmers from the Kutch region in Gujarat have accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to evict them from the land they have been tilling since 1965 after calling them grabbers and outsiders.

BJP forms committee to look into Sikh farmers’ displacement issue in Gujrat

Chandigarh/ Punjab (August 07, 2013): According to a news reported by 'Manorma Online' the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on August 07, 2013 formed a four-member committee that would visit Gujarat to look into the issue of Sikh farmers facing the threat of eviction from the state.

Sikh farmers of Kutch approach Badal-SGPC for help; but Badal sees no discrimination by Modi

Amritsar/ Bathinda, Punjab (August 04, 2013): Sikh farmers settled in Kutch area of Indian state Gujrat are facing threat of displacement, as Narindra Modi government is heading with it's plans to oust these “non-Gujrati” farmers from their lands. Previously, Sikh farmers, who had settled in Escorts Farm of Uttrakhand were forcibly displaced in 2006 by Uttrakhand government.

Sikhs of Kutch may face fate like Sikhs of Uttaranchal’s Escort Farm – Issue requires proper attention of the Sikh nation

Chandigarh/ Punjab (August 03, 2013): The Sikh farmers' of Gujrat's Kutch area are facing threat of displacement. A report by India's National Commission for Minorities (NCM) said the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government had prima facie discriminated against the state's 500-member Sikh community in Kutch by ordering them to sell their land and return to Punjab because they were not Gujaratis, citing the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948.

Narindra Modi victimizing Sikhs in Kutch area of Gujrat: India’s Minorities Commission

Kutch, Gujrat (July 30, 2013): It is learnt that a report by India's National Commission for Minorities (NCM), has said the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government had "prima facie" discriminated against the state's 500-member Sikh community in Kutch by ordering them to sell their land and return to Punjab because they were not Gujaratis, citing the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948.

Cause of Concern: Sikhs in Gujrat’s Kutch area fear displacement

Chandigarh/Punjab (September 05, 2012): According to reports the Sikh farmers who have settled in the State of Gujarat in India have accused the Narendra Modi led Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) government of harassing them by taking drastic measures to take over their agricultural land cultivated by them for decades.