the gag is bts knew they wouldve had a near guaranteed grammy win with this new asian pop category but understand that cosigning this category wld mean that ultimately asian language acts would be gatekept out of the main/general categories
and no matter how much people like to pretend it was for representation, grammys introduced their little asian category to keep them away from the main one so they can keep rewarding their american artists freely. I am glad the boys are stepping away from the racist shitshow
Eyes on the Ken-Betwa Adivasi Protests — UPDATES:
- After 18 days, Jai Kisan Sangathan leader Amit Bhatnagar suspended his hunger strike.
- He ended the complete fast after the state assured protesters that fresh village-by-village surveys would be conducted in Chhatarpur.
- Joint teams of government officials and Jai Kisan Sangathan representatives are expected to recheck that eligible families affected by the Ken-Betwa Link Project were excluded from compensation and rehabilitation.
- Bhatnagar has described this as the movement’s “first success,” not its conclusion.
What is Nyay Satyagraha?
- The struggle will now continue as Nyay Satyagraha
- Bhatnagar plans to travel from one affected village to another to:
// help families submit and pursue their claims
// monitor the verification process
// track whether the government fulfils every assurance
- He has warned that the movement will enter another phase of agitation if these promises are not implemented.
What is Nyay Upvaas?
Bhatnagar has shifted from the indefinite hunger strike to a Nyay Upvaas (Justice Fast)
- He will continue refusing food grains and roti until the last eligible family receives justice and their rightful demands.
- His decision followed a serious deterioration in his health
- Women in affected villages had also begun a chulha bandi, refusing to cook in solidarity with the protest
elderly people and children had also started fasting.
What has the government said?
- The Madhya Pradesh government has not accepted the protesters’ entire case
- It maintains (of course) that all affected families have already been sanctioned compensation and rehabilitation benefits
- Ironically, the government’s own written response acknowledged that earlier village-level surveys in Chhatarpur identified 638 additional eligible families.
This increased the sanctioned list from 3,080 to 3,718 families across 14 villages.
The government also stated that 1,321 families across seven villages in Panna had been displaced.
What are the Adivasi protesters sayings?
- Eligible families were excluded from rehabilitation lists
- Compensation assessments were flawed
- Gram Sabha proceedings had irregularities
- Benefits were given to some ineligible people while legitimate claimants were left out
- The government denies that there has been a scam and says only a small number of cases remain unresolved because of documentation or banking issues
What happens next?
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said that specific complaints will be investigated
- He has said the verification exercise will be completed within one month.
A fresh survey is a step, but not rehabilitation. The movement continues until every eligible family receives compensation, rehabilitation, land and statutory rights.
Sources: Indian express, NDTV.
This is Ambaram Meghwal. He has been protesting in Barmer, Rajasthan for the last 54 days. Some Rajputs grabbed his land using fake documents. He doesn't even have a proper place to sit in protest. The Sarpanch and many villagers are backing the people he has accused.
Until & unless ppl understand that BJP is the political front of RSS & If you really want to change anything rn in this country, you need to attack the poison tree, Sangh. All these Terrorist groups like Bajrang dal, vhp, Hindu yuva bahini etc are just branches of that tree.
An important update regarding Ken Betwa Link project and Adivasis' protests. Amit Bhatnagar still continues his hunger strike and in solidarity many Adivasi families have started a chulha-band andolan, which is also a form of Hunger strike!! Please amplify this!!!!
this has a compiled list of verified resources for the protest, including medical aid, legal aid, accommodations, mental health support, and aid donations (it is being updated) https://t.co/Xbv5M5LypA
When we express shock at Jantar Mantar brutalities, we must remember this! Scene from Jamia, Dec 2019. Students studying in the college library were attacked by police. Sab yaad rakha jayega
This is the protest that needs more people right now. 7000 families, tribal villages will be removed, the natural resources,animals from the Panna tiger reserve (61km forest that they want to remove ) wil be exported and sold, later they'll say we're bringing tigers back in India
read it again. 7000 Adivasi families will be displaced due to the Ken-Betwa link project, their forests submerged and the fascists arrested the protestors who were demanding that their Jal, Jangal, Zameen be saved. A hundred fifty protestors detained along with Amit Bhatnagar.
One thing is clear, this was not a CJP protest. CJP almost vanished when the repression peaked. This was people hitting the streets and taking over the protest. This is why it was met with such brutality. The state is scared of people, not self appointed leaders.
I don't care about Sonam Wangchuk. He's just another opportunist rat, just like most of the Indian politicians and celebrities.
He applauded the government's decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A, stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special constitutional status autonomy...