Why the farmer protests threaten the RSS In the Hindu Rashtra, Sikhs must be either protectors or traitors 04 March 2021 A farmer atop his tractor at the ongoing farmer protests at Delhi’s borders. The hoisting of the Nishan Sahib, or the Sikh flag, at the Red Fort on 26 January fortified the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s rising concern over the Sikh cultural assertion of the protests. Shahid Tantray for The Caravan A farmer atop his tractor at the ongoing farmer protests at Delhi’s borders. The hoisting of the Nishan Sahib, or the Sikh flag, at the Red Fort on 26 January fortified the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s rising concern over the Sikh cultural assertion of the protests.