Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed at the Delhi Police over the arrest of 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, over the "toolkit" controversy related to farmers' protest on social media. Besides extending support to the climate activist, senior Congress leader launched a scathing attack on the Central government.
In a number of tweets on Monday, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury termed Disha Ravi as a "victim of tyrannical government" who spoke out against the farm laws.
"It is really ignominious to note that a 22-year-old environmental activist has become the victim of tyrannical govt, who thought that better to hector down a girl for her offence of supporting the farmers' agitation and bow down before China in Ladakh than to uphold the basic rights of the common citizenry, and to teach a lesson to China," Chowdhury tweeted.
Attacking the central government over the arrest of the climate activist, the Congress leader said, "Narendra Modi Ji, you have been defeated morally by the satyagrahi farmers of India. It reflects your frustration in trouncing upon the independent thinking girl, putting her in jail. Today or tomorrow people of the country will deliver you a poetic justice."
Chowdhury in a subsequent tweet also said, "It is really ignominious to note that a 22-year-old environmental activist has become the victim of tyrannical govt, who thought that better to hector down a girl for her offence of supporting the farmers ' agitation and bow down before China in Ladakh than to uphold the basic rights of the common citizenry, and to teach a lesson to China." Several political leaders slammed Delhi Police for arresting 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru and termed her arrest as "unwarranted harassment, unfortunate and shocking". She was arrested for allegedly editing and disseminating the "toolkit" on social media.
According to the Delhi Police officials, Disha is a key conspirator in the "toolkit" case as she had admitted during the initial interrogation to editing, adding some things in the "toolkit" and spreading it further. Last week, the Delhi Police sent a communication to Google seeking registration details and activity log of the account through which a "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest was created and uploaded on the social media platform.
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