Dead Farmer Leaves Behind A Loan, A Student Sister, And A Mentally Ill Father

We do not yet know the precise cause of Shubhkaran’s demise. Farmers are preventing the autopsy because they want the government to provide his family with compensation

Chandigarh: On February 13, Shubhkaran Singh, a 21-year-old from Punjab’s Bathinda district, departed from his home in Baloke village to participate in the farmers’ march towards Delhi. He was slain eight days later in fighting between the police and farmers close to the Khanauri border, which divides Punjab from Haryana.
We do not yet know the precise cause of Shubhkaran’s demise. Farmers are preventing the autopsy because they want the government to reveal his family’s compensation. As part of the compensation, they are requesting a position with the federal government.

Shubhkaran’s family, according to neighbors, owns roughly two acres of land. His father has been dealing with a mental health issue, and his mother passed away. His two sisters are a student and a married couple. They reported that the young farmer had borrowed money to pay for his sister’s wedding. The family was characterized as “poor” by a neighbor.

The farmers are demanding a bill that would ensure a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their crops, pension benefits, and crop insurance, among other things, by marching to Delhi. The government sets the minimum support price (MSP) to shield farmers from the sale of their produce at a loss.

In an effort to prevent the farmers from reaching the nation’s capital, the Haryana police have strengthened their boundaries with Punjab. To dissuade the farmers, the police are using tear gas shells. Rubber bullets, according to farmers, were also fired during yesterday’s altercations. According to the police, several officers were hurt when protestors flung stones and sticks.

Leader of the farming community Jagjit Singh Dallewal claimed Tuesday that despite ongoing negotiations between the government and farmers to break the deadlock, the Haryana police were employing force against the farmers. The Center’s proposed MSP formula has been rejected by the farmers, who claim it would only guarantee subsistence and not income. Farmers have been stopping the march to Delhi for the past two days to organize their next move.

Mr. Dallewal proposed two requirements as the reasons why farmers are obstructing the autopsy. The government of Punjab ought to declare him a martyr (shaheed) and award privileges accordingly. In addition, a five-person board should be established by the government to carry out the post-mortem investigation.”

Meanwhile, the young farmer’s passing has set off a huge political controversy. A showdown between Punjab and Haryana has been set in motion by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s threat of taking necessary action against the implicated officials.

Mr. Mann is under criticism from his home state of Punjab, where the opposition party, the Aam Aadmi Party administration, is accused of working with the Haryana police to halt the farmers.

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Farmers and political parties had been wailing loudly for you to intervene so that Haryana police would not use drones to teargas farmers in Punjabi land. When the Haryana police invaded your state’s farmers, you had to call them. Why didn’t you do that? Rather than allowing your farmers to use their own equipment and trucks, you and your police continued to obey the Haryana government,” Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal said, holding Mr. Mann “morally and legally accountable” for Shubhkaran’s demise.

Chief Minister Amarinder Raja Singh Warring of the State Congress remarked that the Chief Minister’s “ignorance has resulted in the brutal murder of a 21-year-old farmer”. “It is about time that you, being the Chief Minister of Punjab, stand by the farmers of our state,” he stated.