Top politicians rarely tweet about covid now, are back to political games
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For top Indian politicians, the coronavirus is a remnant of the lockdown and may no longer be relevant. At least that’s what their Twitter activity appears to show. The string of elections and political flashpoints during the “unlock period is evident in the social media messaging of political leaders: across the spectrum, they are back to focusing on increasing their political capital.
Political feud had taken a backseat between 25 March and 31 May, when India went through four stages of lockdown. Back then, the coronavirus was the focus of about 29% of the tweets and retweets of the 20 politicians tracked by the weekly Mint Political Twitter Dashboard. But this fell to 2.7% between June and August, and further down to 0.6% between September and November, our analysis shows.
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IYC protests against new farm Acts
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The Indian Youth Congress on Monday protested at Krishi Bhavan against the Centre’s new farm Acts and said that the government was humiliating the farmers with words like “Khalistani” and “anti-national”.
IYC national president B.V. Srinivas said, “In the last 25 days, more than 25 farmers have been martyred in this movement. There are constant deaths of farmers and the Prime Minister is busy organising events but not listening to the farmers.” He added that the Centre should not underestimate the strength of farmers.
IYC national in-charge and AICC Jt. Secretary Krishna Allavaru said that the government was not interested in replying to the farmers’ movement in Parliament and was therefore not calling a Winter Session of Parliament.
Youth Congress protest against 3 farm laws
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Youth Congress protest against 3 farm laws. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 21 : The Indian Youth Congress on Monday staged a protest outside Krishi Bhawan here demanding justice for farmers who had died while protesting against the three contentious farm laws.
Hundreds of Youth Congress activists assembled at its office here and marched towards Krishi Bhawan, which houses the Agriculture Ministry, under the leadership of National President B.V. Srinivas.
They raised slogans against the BJP-ruled Centre. They were soon detained outside the Krishi Bhawan by Delhi Police.