Supporting farmers, novelist Dr Jaswinder Singh returns Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award
Farmers protest: While several sports personalities, artists, and politicians are returning their awards in protest against the farm laws 2020, the novelist Dr Jaswinder Singh has expressed solidarity with the farmers and returned his Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award.
While talking about his decision to return Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award, Dr. Jaswinder Singh said that "If a writer can’t present people’s voice then what’s the point? I didn’t start writing for awards."
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"It's disheartening to see that the Central government is dealing mercilessly with farmers and violating basic human rights," the Novelist Dr Jaswinder Singh said.
Earlier in the day, the former national boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu announced that he will return his Dronacharya Award in support of farmers protesting against the farm laws 2020.
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Similarly, the Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann said that he won't receive the Shiromani “Gayak” award, given by Punjab’s language department, in protest against the anti-farmer laws.
On Thursday, the Shiromani Akali Dal stalwart, former Union Minister and five-time Chief Minister of Punjab, Sardar Parkash Singh Badal, returned the Padma Vibhushan award in protest against farm laws 2020.
Punjab’s former sports personalities are upset over the Central Government's way of treating farmers and hence they have decided to return their national awards.
Former sportspersons, including Arjuna awardee and Padma Shri wrestler Kartar Singh, Arjuna awardee hockey player Rajbir Kaur and Arjuna awardee basketball player Sajjan Singh Cheema, came forward to express their solidarity for the farmers.
-PTC News
