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Thunberg tweets again after Delhi police files FIR

Swedish climate activist unfazed, says she still stands by peasants

Our Bureau, Agencies New Delhi Published 04.02.21, 06:57 PM
On Friday morning, Greta Thunberg shared a link to a “toolkit”, which enlists seven points as to how one can help the farmers carry out their agitation against the three contentious laws.

On Friday morning, Greta Thunberg shared a link to a “toolkit”, which enlists seven points as to how one can help the farmers carry out their agitation against the three contentious laws. Getty Images

The Delhi Police on Friday filed a case alleging an international ‘conspiracy’ and an attempt to “promote enmity between groups”, citing climate activist Greta Thunberg’s tweets in support of protesting farmers who have been agitating against the three farm laws, NDTV reported.

However, the Swedish teen reacted to the news saying that she still stood with the farmers and “no amount of threats” would undo that.

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“I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest,” Thunberg tweeted soon after the news emerged on Friday afternoon.

Her tweet was one of the several posts that have drawn global attention to the farmers’ agitation over the past two days.

The subject of the FIR by the Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police cites Thunberg’s tweet on a “toolkit” to help the farmers, according to the NDTV report. It also lists conspiracy and “promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language... and acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony” as the charges.

The 18-year-old’s first tweet came after singer Rihanna shared a CNN report, asking why the world was not talking about the issue.

“We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India,” Thunberg wrote, sharing the same report.

On Friday morning, she also shared a link to a “toolkit”, which enlists seven points as to how one can help the farmers carry out their agitation against the three contentious laws, against which lakhs of farmers are protesting for over two months now.

“Here’s an updated toolkit by people on the ground in India if you want to help. (They removed their previous document as it was outdated.),” she wrote on Twitter.

India on Wednesday reacted sharply to comments by foreign celebrities, saying a very small section of farmers in parts of the country have some reservations about the farm reforms and a proper understanding of the issue is needed before rushing to comment on the agitation.

“The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a curt statement.

The ministry also said the Parliament of India passed the reformist legislation relating to the agricultural sector, and noted that some of the vested interest groups have tried to mobilise international support against India.

“We would like to emphasise that these protests must be seen in the context of India’s democratic ethos and polity, and the efforts of the government and the concerned farmer groups to resolve the impasse,” the statement said.

Asserting that “before rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge that the facts be ascertained, and a proper understanding of the issues at hand be undertaken”, the ministry said the “temptation of sensationalist” social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is “neither accurate nor responsible”.

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