Indian farmers strike enters its second year – The Carillon
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Activist Disha Ravi was arrested from Bengaluru last week.
New Delhi:
With the Delhi Police intensifying its probe into a farmers protest toolkit shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg earlier this month, the role of farmer leaders may also be probed, sources have said. The Delhi Police have also written to video communications app Zoom, say sources, to seek details of the attendees at a virtual meeting on January 11, which was also attended by activists Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob, Shantanu.
All three of them attended the meeting before the Republic Day to gather online support for the farmers tractor rally that descended into chaos in some parts of the national capital. Facing conspiracy and sedition charges, Disha Ravi was arrested last week. Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk are also wanted in the case linked to the online document.
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PM Modi to address farmers today, transfer Rs 18,000 crore to nine crore farmers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday castigated the opposition parties as he accused them of spreading lies on the new farm laws. Addressing the farmers via video-conferencing, he said that some people are spreading myth and lies that land will be taken away if farmers enter into contract farming. He said that some parties pushing political agenda by opposing new farm laws . Some leaders are busy in furthering their own political ideology in name of farmers protest, the PM said in his address after releasing over Rs 18,000 crore to more than nine crore farmers under