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In a setback to the Delhi police, a city court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested for sedition for allegedly sharing a toolkit related to the farmers protest on social media, holding that evidence on record was not sufficient to keep a 22-year-old young lady with absolutely no criminal antecedents in custody. The offence of sedition cannot be invoked to minister to the wounded vanity of the governments, said Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana, and opined that citizens are conscience keepers of government in any democratic nation and they cannot be put behind the bars simply because they choose to disagree with the State policies.
Lakha Sidhana (L), who is wanted in connection with the violence in Delhi on Republic Day, during farmers protest against the new farm laws, in Bathinda on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: Further intensifying their agitation, the farmers on Tuesday observed ‘Pagdi Sambhal Divas’ at the Delhi borders in protest against the three central farm laws. The event, organised by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), was inspired by the ‘Pagdi Sambhal Lehar’ of 1906.
Here are the key developments of the day:
1. Donning traditional turbans and singing songs of the peasant movement, protesting farmers marked day-long ‘Pagdi Sambhal Divas’. “At that time also, the government had passed three anti-farmer laws against which the peasant movement started and it was successful. The unity of the farmers proves that this movement will also be successful,” an SKM statement said, referring to ‘Pagdi Sambhal Lehar of 1906. Once turban used to be pride of the farmer, but the government has forced farmers
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