Farmer Protests
Canada’s University Of British Columbia (UBC) has cancelled Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program 2021, in which journalist Hartosh Singh Bal, Political Editor at Caravan Magazine was slated to deliver an address on the topic of ‘Perspectives on the Farmer’s movement in India 2020-21 on April 7, 2021. The university website has put up notice stating that the lecture has been cancelled.
Even though the university has reassured students that the lecture will be rescheduled and announced in due course, UBS alumnus Aadil Brar has pointed out that the lecture has been cancelled under pressure from radical Sikh elements in British Colombia. Expressing how this sets a wrong precedent, Aadil added that he would be writing a letter as an alumnus to UBC in protest.