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Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said it is democratic to protest but it is wrong for foreigners to interfere in India s internal affairs.
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New Delhi: The ruling BJP on Thursday dubbed the support of some foreign celebrities to the protesting farmers as an attempt to destabilise the country and said that the Indian democracy doesn t need foreign certificate.
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and several people from the international community had come out in support of the farmers protesting against the Centre s new agriculture laws.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said it is democratic to protest but it is wrong for foreigners to interfere in India s internal affairs.
Farmers at the site during their ongoing protest against farm laws at Delhi-Ghazipur border, in Delhi (ANI)
NEW DELHI: A preliminary probe into the source of the PowerPoint toolkit that celebrity environment activist Greta Thunberg accidentally tweeted suggests that it was put together by a Canada-based pro-Khalistan organisation.
Senior government sources said the kit, aimed at damaging India s interests, was prepared by Peace For Justice , a body co-founded by a self-declared Khalistan supporter Mo Dhaliwal who is based in Vancouver, Canada.
The PowerPoint presentation detailed the list of tasks aimed against India. Some of the heads mentioned in the toolkit were disrupt yoga and chai image of India in general , unified global disruption in the diaspora on January 26 and repeal of farm laws . Thunberg had deleted the post but not before many in India grabbed screenshots of her post which soon went viral.
The country is standing united against these foreign powers Indian government should give Greta Thunberg child bravery award
New Delhi: The BJP termed the support by some foreign celebrities to the protesting farmers as an attempt to destabilise the country saying the Indian democracy doesn’t need a foreign certificate.
This reaction from the saffron party comes after Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and several prominent people from the international community came out in support of the farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agriculture laws.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said it is democratic to protest but it is wrong for foreigners to interfere in India’s internal affairs.
NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday slammed the opposition parties for their decision to boycott the President’s address to Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session on Friday, saying it reflected their “constitutional and moral bankruptcy”.
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said if these parties think that the Modi government will backtrack from its support to three farm laws due to their collective pressure, they should know that they lack such strength and this dispensation bows only before people.
Addressing a press conference, Bhatia said opposition parties had been calling for a session all this while as he hit out at them for their decision to boycott the address.
Slamming opposition parties for their decision to boycott the President s address to Parliament, the BJP on Thursday accused them of constitutional and moral bankruptcy .
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said if these parties think that the Modi government will backtrack from its support to three farm laws due to their collective pressure, then they should know that they lack such strength and that this dispensation bows only before people. Addressing a press conference, Bhatia said opposition parties had been calling for a session all this while as he hit out at them for their decision to boycott the address. A day before the start of the Budget Session of Parliament, 16 opposition parties led by the Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena and the TMC on Thursday decided to boycott the President s address to the joint sitting of Parliament in solidarity with the farmers protesting the new farm laws.