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The reason for this is that we have maintained strong connections to land. I am a law school graduate, living and working abroad, and my parents spend a considerable amount of time with me here. However, we lease out our lands every year (‘theke te’ - for those who understand the local vernacular*), usually to the same person/family, who till it. We get paid a pre fixed amount in return which counts as agricultural income. Most city based Jat Sikh families that don’t till themselves have this arrangement. As such, I get to say, if needed, that my ‘father is an agriculturist (a farmer).’
Alternatively, my father’s brothers live in the village and till our lands as well as their own. Therefore, I get to say that I belong to ‘a family of farmers.’ This doesn’t mean I’m lying in either case. However, this also doesn’t mean that my father wasn’t a senior military officer.
It’s the same with Jaiveer who I happen to know well.
Reportedly being considered for the Anandpur Sahib Ludhiana seat. Historical if it happens. He will become the ever NLU grad to get a Lok Sabha ticket and that too from the biggest party. All the more impressive is that he is a non-nepo kid (unlike the girl from NLSIU who recently won in Karnataka). Winning will be very difficult, but he may have an outside chance if BJP ties up with Akali Dal again and if Congress and AAP split the anti-BJP/anti-Akali vote. In fact, this happened in 2014. AAP and Congress each got around 29% vote share and Akali Dal (with BJP support) won with 31% vote share.