Twitter India on Monday restored many of the accounts it had earlier withheld on the platform in response to a legal request from Indian authorities related to the ongoing farmer agitation. The accounts, it is learnt, were taken down after a request to take them down under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
Twitter temporarily withheld some accounts in India under its Country Withheld Content policy in response to a valid legal request from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. A legal request was sent by MeitY for the withholding of accounts on Saturday, after the hashtag “promoting genocide” began trending.
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Updated: Jan 30, 2021, 06:31 AM IST
Since Thursday night, Ghazipur border (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border) has become the centrestage of the farmers agitation. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who is spearheading the movement, had on Thursday that the agitation wouldn t ened, no matter what. Tension at the border has increased even as the Ghaziabad administration is trying to remove the farmers from the protest site.
Hundreds of farmers gathered at a Muzaffarnagar town on Friday for the Mahapanchayat in support of the BKU-led protest at the Ghazipur border. The farmers at the Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar have decided that they will begin proceeding towards the Ghazipur border to support and strengthen the farmers movement the
Farmers Protests Targeted - NIA Notices, Arrests, Infiltrators In Protests to Foment Trouble Ensure peace, Kisan leaders tell protestors
After the talks between the farmers and the central government broke down, the leaders moved into top gear to ensure the success of the farmers Republic Day parade with the focus on Delhi. The kisan organisations spread out the message urging farmers from the neighbouring states to arrive at Delhi’s border by January 24, and warning them of the necessity to maintain peace.
Kisan leader after leader came on their own channels and gave interviews emphasising that “we will be completely peaceful” maintaining that the government will try and engineer violence but that the farmers will foil these attempts. Through the day and night organisers moved through the lone line of tractors and trolley urging the farmers to follow directions, not to be provoked, and to move according to the directives of the leaders.
Farmers not enthused by apex court intervention
January 11, 2021
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Unions indicate agitation will continue, want the Govt, not court, to find a more permanent solution
Leaders of the farmers’ movement were guarded in their response to the Supreme Court’s indication of staying the three contentious farm laws and underlined that the agitation will continue till the laws are repealed. While welcoming the SC’s intervention they reiterated that their demands should be addressed by the government and not the apex court and said that a stay is not a permanent solution.
“While all organisations express great respect for the Hon ble Supreme Court for its understanding of the problem and comforting words expressed during the hearing today and welcome the suggestion by the Supreme Court to stay the implementation of the farm laws, they are collectively and individually not willing to participate in any proceedings before a committee appointed by the court,” said a statement iss
Updated Jan 07, 2021 | 18:24 IST
Hardayal Singh, a 57-year-old farmer who is teaching the women to steer tractors, said they are no less than male farmers. Women farmers hone tractor driving skills at Singhu border | Photo Credit: Twitter
Women farmers at the Singhu border are receiving training to drive tractors ahead of this year’s Republic Day.
As a tractor parade has been planned for January 26, the women are honing their skills with the help of their husbands and other people at the protest site.
On Thursday, farmers at the Singhu border took out a tractor rally to protest against the three new farm laws. The rally was a rehearsal for a bigger demonstration that has been panned for Republic Day, reported ANI.