Anandpur Sahib/ Chandigarh (March 29, 2014): As per media reports [i]n a huge embarrassment to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine in Punjab, farmers from the Kutch district in Gujarat have called BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi's bluff.
Gujrat, India (March 07, 2014): On day two (March 06) of his fact-finding mission to Narendra Modi's Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal met with Sikh farmers of the state in Abdasa block of Kutch district. These farmers are facing eviction from the land which they have been tilling since generations.
Jagraon, Punjab (February 23, 2014): It is learnt that the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said on February 23 that no Sikh farmer settled in Gujarat's Kutch region will have to leave the state.
Chandigarh (December 20, 2013): According to certain media reports the Gujrat Government has decided to defreeze the land of 52 Sikh farmers in the Kutch region.
Bhuj/ Chandigarh (October 19, 2013): According to certain media reports on October 13, 2013 a delegation of Sikh farmers from Gujarat met the Bhuj district police authorities to complain against the content of the FIR regarding the attack on certain Sikh farmers in Loria village of Bhuj on October 8.
Bhuj, Gujrat (October 12, 2013): It is learnt that the Kutch police has arrested 12 villagers in relation to an attack on a family of Sikh farmers in Bhuj area of Gujrat. “The incident has irked Sikh farmers who are already protesting the state government's decision to freeze their land accounts on the grounds that they are migrants” the Indian Express (IE) writes.
Bhuj, Gujrat (October 12, 2013): According to certain media reports four Sikh farmers injured by 30 armed men on Tuesday (Oct. 08) at Loria village near Bhuj city in Gujarat's Kutch district have named Anjar's BJP legislator Vasanbhai Ahir as perpetrator.
Amritsar, Punjab (September 10, 2013): In a statement sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) the Sikh body Dal Khalsa has fired a salvo against Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal for showering praises in favour of his Gujarat counterpart Narendar Modi- a person responsible for eviction of Sikh farmers and mass-killings of Muslims in 2002.
New Delhi, India (September 06, 2013): It is learnt that the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has condemned the Narendra Modi government's decision to evict 5,000 Sikh farmers from Bhuj district in Kutch and alleged that it showcases the "anti-farmer and pro-corporate stance" of the Chief Minister.
New Delhi/ Gujrat, India (September 06, 2013): According to a news published at India Today Online: [a]round 5,000 Sikh farmers from the Kutch region in Gujarat have accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to evict them from the land they have been tilling since 1965 after calling them grabbers and outsiders.
Chandigarh/ Punjab (August 07, 2013): According to a news reported by 'Manorma Online' the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on August 07, 2013 formed a four-member committee that would visit Gujarat to look into the issue of Sikh farmers facing the threat of eviction from the state.
Amritsar/ Bathinda, Punjab (August 04, 2013): Sikh farmers settled in Kutch area of Indian state Gujrat are facing threat of displacement, as Narindra Modi government is heading with it's plans to oust these “non-Gujrati” farmers from their lands. Previously, Sikh farmers, who had settled in Escorts Farm of Uttrakhand were forcibly displaced in 2006 by Uttrakhand government.