'Still Stand With Farmers': Greta Thunberg Responds To Delhi Police FIR Against Her
In her new tweet, she has written: 'I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest.'
Update: Initially, it was reported that Greta Thunberg was booked in the FIR for lending her support to the ongoing farmers' protest in India. However, an official confirmation from Delhi Police has claimed otherwise. According to the force, nobody has been named in the FIR.
Praveen Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Delhi Police, said, "We haven't named anybody in the FIR, it's only against the creators of toolkit which is a matter of investigation & Delhi Police will be investigating that case."
"Preliminary enquiry has revealed that the toolkit in question appears to have been created by a pro-Khalistani Organisation Poetic Justice Foundation. A section of the documents titled "prior action" delineates the following action plan," he said.
Teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is known to express her views on things that matter and this time, the ongoing farmers' protest in India has finally caught her attention.
However, right after she extended her support to the agitated farmers, According to an India Today report, Delhi Police filed an FIR against the teenager activist and charged her with conspiracy and 'promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language and acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.'
But that has not budged the young woman from her stance even one bit and she posted a new tweet on the microblogging website in support to the farmers. In her latest tweet, she has written: 'I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest.'
I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest.
¡ª Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 4, 2021
No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest
Within a few hours of being posted, her tweet already has over 12,000 retweets and over 36,000 likes. People took to the comments section to thank her for maintaining her stand and not getting rattled by Delhi Police's jab at her.
One user wrote, 'Thanks for your courage, Greta. Our capital's police has a history of booking protesters under terror charges,' while another commented, 'There are still sane people in india I hope you will not judge us due to these incidents.'
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Have a look at some of the other reactions:
To all bahkts who thought she will get scared....? pic.twitter.com/H6UETculrV
¡ª meNASIR (@meNASIR14) February 4, 2021
¡ª Wierdguy997 (@Tarsemlal997) February 4, 2021
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¡ª ??????? ????? ? (@Abomination_Jk) February 4, 2021
Thanks for supporting farmers ??
¡ª Shivam Yadav (@shivamyadavjii) February 4, 2021
Other celebrities have also tweeted with the hashtag #StandWithFarmers. Have a look at some of them.
Youth for #FarmersProtests!
¡ª Jamie Margolin (@Jamie_Margolin) February 3, 2021
The youth #StandWithFarmers who are protesting for their rights! @LicypriyaK #FarmersProstest #IStandWithFarmers
If one tweet rattles your unity, one joke rattles your faith or one show rattles your religious belief then it¡¯s you who has to work on strengthening your value system not become ¡®propaganda teacher¡¯ for others.
¡ª taapsee pannu (@taapsee) February 4, 2021
I have received trolling, death threats, rape threats, threats of sexual violence, misogyny, anti-black racism, outright lies, gaslighting, false allegations, malicious reporting, smear campaigns, everything really -I stand for human rights #IStandWithFarmers #FarmersProtest
¡ª Claudia Webbe MP (@ClaudiaWebbe) February 1, 2021
The people united will never be defeated #FarmersProtest
¡ª Vanessa Nakate (@vanessa_vash) February 3, 2021
Farmers have been protesting against three of the Centre's laws and despite several attempts which included everything from violence to barricading the borders, their spirits have not come down even one bit.
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