Thread: Who was #DeepSinghSidhu ?
On this day in 2022, Deep Sidhu was killed in a staged car accident for becoming a voice of the oppressed farmers in Punjab. He was declared as *Komi Yodha* (National Warrior) by ‘The World Sikh Parliament' and 'Akal Youth.
Deep was an actor, lawyer, and activist. His legacy and work continue to inspire the Sikh community around the world. He had been a popular key activist during the *‘Kissan Morcha’* (farmers’ agitation) at the Delhi...
...border in protest of the black farm laws enacted by Modi’s right-wing Hindu party. He had been campaigning for Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) for the state assembly elections in Punjab.
Kisan unions leaders like Balbir Singh Rajewal, Baldev Sima, Surjit Singh, etc., called Deep Sidhu a BJP agent who had joined the farmers movement to disrupt it. However, Deep Sidhu refuted the blame. In September 2021, Sidhu formed a political organization named...
...*‘Waris Punjab De'* to get the farmers their rights from Delhi. He completed his bachelor's degree in law from Savitribai Phule Pune University. After that, he went to London for higher education...
...He came to India and established his own law firm named Lex Legal. Then he became the legal head of Balaji Telefilms for three and half years.
Deep died in a road accident on 15 February 2022, at the age of 37. Several family members, including Deep Sidhu’s uncle Suba Singh, and other attendees alleged that the activist’s untimely death was a planned conspiracy hatched by government agencies...
...or detractors as they saw Sidhu as a political threat due to his rising popularity amongst the Punjabi and Sikh communities across India and abroad
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