The mortal remains of Sikh preacher Baba Ram Singh, believed to have taken his life in support of farmers’ agitation against the three central agricultural laws, were turned over to flames in Singhera village of Karnal district in Haryana el Friday.
Thousands of his followers, including politicians, religious gurus, peasant leaders, especially from Punjab and Haryana, came to Singhera to pay their last tribute to the 65-year-old preacher.
Baba Ram Singh had reportedly committed suicide at Delhi’s Singhu border on Wednesday afternoon, as he could not bear “the pain of the farmers” and the government’s alleged callousness towards his concerns. Singh had left a note, which was read along with some pages of his personal journal during the last rites.
His followers claimed that Ram Singh was writing about the farmers’ riots after visiting protesters on December 9 for the first time.
Akali leaders and a large number of his followers paid their last respects to him at his gurdwara in Karnal on Thursday.
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Haryana Prime Minister Manohar Lal Khattar called the 65-year-old preacher’s death “an irreparable loss.” Amarinder Singh, Khattar’s counterpart in Punjab, also expressed his grief at the death of Sant Ram Singh.
A handwritten note in Punjabi, allegedly left by the deceased, said that he could not bear the “pain of the farmers” who have been protesting against the Center’s agricultural reform laws. The note is being verified by the police.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other states have been protesting near Delhi’s borders for more than three weeks, demanding that the Center’s new agricultural laws be repealed.
Many recalled that Sant Ram Singh dedicated his life to the service of humanity and used to organize ‘satsangs’ (prayer meetings) and ‘langars’ (communal kitchen) for thousands of people.
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