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Who is Deep Sidhu? Accused of inciting farmers at Red Fort

Deep Sidhu was born in 1984 in Muktsar district of Punjab. Deep has studied law. He has also won the Kingfisher Model Award…

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Who is Deep Sidhu? Accused of inciting farmers at Red Fort

New Delhi: Farmer leaders have blamed Deep Sidhu for the disturbance during a tractor rally on Republic Day. Farmers leaders allege that the farmers who participated in the tractor rally incited Deep Sidhu to harass them, after which the farmers marched towards the Red Fort. Meanwhile, Deep Sidhu has claimed his innocence in one of his Facebook posts. Deep says, “We only hoisted the flag of Nishan Sahib on the ramparts of the Red Fort under our democratic right, the tricolor was not removed from there.” During a tractor rally on Tuesday, a group of farmers hit the Red Fort. After this incident at the Red Fort, the peasant leaders have distanced themselves from it.

83 of our Police personnel injured – Delhi Police

According to the Delhi Police, about 83 Delhi Police personnel were injured in clashes with protesters at different places and have been admitted to hospitals for treatment. Police have registered several FIRs for violence and harassment. Farmer leader Yogendra Yadav said that Deep Sidhu and Lakha Sidhana had tried to provoke the protesters at the Singhu border a day earlier. Yadav said, “How Deep reached the Red Fort with the microphone should be investigated.” Gurnam Singh Chaduni, head of the Indian Farmers Union (BKU) Haryana, accused Deep Sidhu of “inciting and misleading the protesters”.

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Who is Deep Sidhu?

Deep Sidhu was born in 1984 in Muktsar district of Punjab. Deep has studied law. He has also won the Kingfisher Model Award. In 2015, Deep’s first Punjabi film Ramata Jogi was released. After this, Deep’s popularity increased from the movie which came out in 2018. He playeJora Das Numbaria d the lead role of Gangster in this film. It is pertinent to note that during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP MP Sunny Deol included Deep in his election campaign team in Gurdaspur. BJP MPs distanced themselves from Deep after the Red Fort riots. “Last December 6, I said that I and my family have nothing to do with Deep Sidhu,” Sunny Deol said in a tweet.

Deep is associated with the peasant movement

Deep is already associated with the peasant movement. On September 25 last year, farmers in Delhi-Haryana staged a protest at Shambhu. Deep was involved with many activists and artists in the movement. In this movement, Deep Shambhu was seen sitting with farmers on the border. Many farmers ‘leaders have questioned Deep Sidhu’s participation in the farmers’ movement. Farmer leaders have accused Deep of being an agent of the BJP-RSS. A picture of Deep with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and MP Sunny Deol has surfaced. Deep, however, denied the allegations against him.

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