‘Democratic proper’: Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu defends hoisting of union’s flag at Red Fort

Image Source : FACEBOOK VIDEO/SCREENGRAB Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu summoned by NIA posts dwell video from Red Fort hoisting pennant
Summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) final week in reference to the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) case, Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu was among the many group of farmers who entered the Red Fort on Tuesday and hoisted flags within the Seventeenth-century monument. The growth got here amid violent clashes in a number of components of the nationwide capital because the tractor rally by the agitating farmers went awry. It is now recognized that Sindhu had additionally carried out a Facebook dwell whereas hoisting the pennant from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
“We have only hoisted the Nishan Sahib flag on the Red Fort while exercising our democratic right to protest,” Sindhu might be heard within the video.
The case in opposition to Sindhu, for which he was summoned, was registered on December 15, final yr. 
Even the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has now distanced itself from Sidhu and accused him of main the farmers to the Red fort. The SKM mentioned that Sidhu appeared on a stage on Monday night time and gave a provocative speech selling separatism to sabotage the farmers’ protest.
Known to be near Gurdaspur MP and Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, Sidhu was the election in-charge for the BJP chief in the course of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. 

In December final yr, Deol had distanced himself from Sidhu. Even the farmers’ unions had banned Sidhu final yr.
Tractor rally: What occurred at Red Fort on January 26?
Deviating from the designated route for the proposed tractor parade, a piece of protesting farmers entered the Red Fort on Tuesday and hoisted flags from some domes of the long-lasting monument within the nationwide capital. Pushed again by the police from the ITO in Central Delhi a piece of the protesting farmers drove their tractors to Red Fort complicated.
The crowd swelled on the monument as some protesting farmers and ‘Nihangs’ (conventional Sikh warriors) have been seen coming into the Red Fort and hoisting a flag from the employees from which the prime minister unfurls the tricolour on Independence Day.
A complete of 41 police personnel have been injured in the course of the violence at Red Fort and ambulances might be seen coming into the Red Fort complicated. There was a gentle lathi-charge with police eradicating protesting farmers from the Red Fort. The stress was mirrored elsewhere within the metropolis too.
Around 200 artists, together with kids, who have been a part of the Republic Day parade, have been additionally rescued after they received stranded close to Red Fort because the farmer’s tractor parade turned violent and protesters broke obstacles and stormed the Mughal period monument.

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