The student-cum-activist, identified as Disha Rabi, was picked up from her house in connection with the case. Disha Ravi is accused of disseminating the toolkit.

Disha Ravi is one of the founders of the “Friday for Future” campaign — a global climate strike movement that started in August 2018 when Greta Thunberg began a school strike for climate. During the investigation, according to the officers of the special cell, Disha Ravi revealed she edited the toolkit associated with the farmers, added some items and then sent it ahead.

Delhi Police had on February 4 registered a case against the “pro-Khalistan” creators of a “toolkit”, which was shared by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter in connection with the farmers’ protest, alleging it aimed to wage a “social, cultural and economic war against the Government of India”. Delhi Police had also claimed that the creator of the “toolkit” is a Khalistani group.

Greta Thunberg had shared the toolkit while extending her support to the farmers’ protest in India after the chaos and widespread violence on Republic Day during the farmers’ tractor rally. According to reports, many others will be arrested in the Greta Thunberg “toolkit” case.

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The Home Ministry has also ordered Delhi Police to ask the accused farmer leaders to submit their passports.

The farmer leaders have been asked why action should not be taken against them when they have gone against their agreement with Delhi Police and were in talks with them for days. The farmer leaders have been asked to reply within three days.

Delhi Police has been asked to serve notices to more than 20 farmer leaders, including Yogendra Yadav Baldev Singh Sirsa and Rajewal. The farmer leaders have been asked to answer within three days the reasons behind the protesters flouting rules and going against the agreed route of the tractor rally.

A day after violence during the tractor parade, the Delhi Police has named 37 farmer leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav and Medha Patkar, in an FIR that mentioned charges of rioting, criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder among others.

The action against the farmer leaders came as Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava alleged that several of them made inflammatory speeches and were involved in the violence.

Police has also said that the role of farmer leaders will be investigated in connection with the violence that left 394 security personnel injured and a protestor dead. So far 25 FIRs have been filed over the Republic Day rampage.

According to the FIR registered at Samaypur Badli police station against unknown persons, the protestors robbed the official pistol with 10 rounds of ammunition along with two tear gas guns during the violence.

The farmer leaders named in the FIR include Medha Patkar, Yogendra Yadav, Darshan Pal, Gurnam Singh Chanduni, Rakesh Tikait, Kulwant Singh Sandhu, Satnam Singh Pannu, Joginder Singh Ugraha, Surjeet Singh Phool, Jagjeet Singh Dalewal, Balbir Singh Rajewal and Harinder Singh Lakhoval.

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Amid celebration for 72nd Republic Day across the country, farmers allowed to hold their tractor rally- “Kissan Parade”- in Delhi after the annual event at the iconic Rajpath. However, protestors, force their way into the city, much ahead of the time they were granted permission by Delhi police for their tractor parade.

The Delhi Police on Monday gave a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the protesting farmer unions for their proposed Republic Day tractor parade with 37 conditions, including capping the number of participants and allocating a fixed time slot.

Unprecedented visuals showed chaos unfolding at the Singhu border, which divides Delhi and Haryana and has been the epicenter of protests against the farm laws that began in late November. More than 5,000 protesters had gathered at the Singhu border.

In west Delhi near the Tikri border, farmers’ leaders asked the protesters to maintain calm after the march began at around 9 AM. “Our rally will be peaceful and we will stick to the routes assigned,” a leader said to news media.

The farm leaders have claimed that the Delhi police are stopping them from moving towards the route the farmers and police earlier agreed upon. “We’ve to move towards Ring Road but the police are stopping us. We’ve given them 45 mins to speak to their seniors. We’re carrying out a peaceful parade. The route they are asking us to follow wasn’t agreed upon,” Satnam Singh Pannu, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee at Singhu Border said to ANI.

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Tomar said the government is ready to hold discussions with farmer union leaders with an open mind. Earlier, talks between the farmer unions and the government did not make much headway in breaking the deadlock.

Earlier this week the Supreme Court-appointed a four-member expert panel to hear farmers’ grievances. However, the farmer union dismissed the Supreme Court-appointed four-member panel to end the stalemate. However, the unions have confirmed they will not pull out from talks.

Meanwhile, the farmer union leaders also appealed to all protesters to maintain peace and harmony during the tractor parade on Republic Day. Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said the details of the tractor parade in Delhi will be finalised next week after the talks with the government.

The BKU leader also appealed to farmers to act as volunteers and keep an eye on anyone trying to defame the struggle saying “we can win only through peaceful means”.

The three controversial laws are the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.

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The seven-member Coordination Committee of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha made the announcement. Balbir Singh Rajewal, President of Bhartiya Kisan Union, Punjab (Rajeal Group) and Krantikari Kisan Union President Darshan Pal said, “We have given a call for a tractor-trolley parade into Delhi from the borders of the national capital on January 26. This tractor parade with national flag will be called ‘farmers republic parade’ and will take place after the official parade.”

Six rounds of talks have taken place between the Indian government and the farmer’s union so far. While the farmers and central government have reached a consensus on issues related to the environment and electricity act, which the farmers call ‘minor’ issues. The deadlock continued on the two main demands, legal assurance on Minimum Support Price(MSP) and completely repealing the three farm laws. The next round of talk will take place on January 4.

Ironically, more than 850 faculty members of several educational institutions across the country of various educational institutions across the country have come forward with a signature campaign in support of three federal farm laws, against which thousands of farmers are protesting on borders of the national capital over a month.

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In his letter, Tomar claimed that several farmers’ unions in the country have “welcomed” the new farm laws, but there are some farmers’ unions camping outside Delhi who have created “confusions” regarding these laws. He also said the government is ready to give a written assurance regarding MSP.

Meanwhile, The Supreme Court postponed the hearing and advised the government to consider putting the farm reform laws on hold. The court once again suggested forming a committee to resolve the deadlock. Also, a bench of the Delhi High Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking removal of agitating farmers from Delhi’s borders.

Farmers’ leaders — Balbir Singh rajewal, JS Dallellwal, Bhangu, Kiranjit Sikh will meet lawyers — HS Phoolka, Prashant Bhushan, Dushyant Dave, Colin Gonsalves — today. During the hearing of a plea in the Supreme Court farmers were represented by lawyers Vineet Parikh, Prashant Bhushan, Colin Gonsalves and Dushyant Dave, while the central government was represented in court by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, senior advocates Harish Salve and OP Parihar appeared for the petitioner.

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PM Modi is visiting Kutch to lay the foundation stone of 30,000-megawatt (MW) hybrid renewable energy park , four seawater desalination plants and modern milk processing plant of Sarhad Dairy.

The PM will land in Kutch district headquarters Bhuj and fly to Tent City, the venue of the annual Rann Utsav at Dhordo village near Khavda, around 80 km west of Bhuj.

The number of protesters at Delhi’s borders is growing by the day. According to reports, police officials said the borders can’t take more people as “the situation is increasingly turning unsustainable”. Hayana Police said more than 60,000 protesters are camping at the borders while the farm leaders said the figure is higher.

Meanwhile two farmers died and eight injured in a road accident between tractor-trolley and truck near Trawari tehsil of Karnal district of Haryana at midnight on December 14-15. All farmers in trolley were from Safera village of Patiala in Punjab. They were coming back from Delhi borders to Punjab.

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While the farmers’ union leaders stuck to their demand for the repeal of the new farm laws, the government said they are ready to make amendments but not repeal. The farmers have rejected all the offers of amendments to the farm laws and maintained that the Bharat Bandh call on Tuesday (December 8) will go as planned with several Opposition parties extending their full support.

The next meeting is on December 9. Meanwhile Congress leader said that farm laws have to be revoked dubbing it as Adani- Ambani farm laws.

Meanwhile Delhi Chief Minister Arivind Kejriwal along with his cabinet colleagues met farmers on Monday at the Singhu border, where they have been protesting against the new farm laws which the government had passed in September.

Expressing his solidarity to farmers, Olympic winning boxer Vijendar Singh has said he would return the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Retna Award- India’s highest sporting honour- if the centre does not repeal the three continuous farm laws.

“If the government doesn’t withdraw the black laws, I will return my Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award,” said the boxer, who won the first ever Olympic medal for India in the sport in 2008.

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Parkash Singh Badal has said, “I feel so poor that I do not have much else to sacrifice to express solidarity with the farmers’ cause.”

“I owe everything to the farmers. I am who I am because of them. There is no point of holding on to honours if farmers are dishonoured. I am deeply pained by the betrayal on assurances given to farmers to address their apprehensions,” said Parkash Singh Badal while return the top civilian honour.

Meanwhile, the agitating farmers have entered the second round of talks with the centre in Delhi even as hundreds of farmers continue to camp on the Delhi borders.

The Punjab leader has come down heavily on the Centre slamming the “communal and separatist insinuations against farmers”. Parkash Singh Badal has also warned about the dangers to the secular fabric of the country.

Former Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has also returned his Padma Bhushan to protest against the government.

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Amit Shah had appealed to the protesting farmers to move to the designated site of protest at Delhi’s Nirankari ground. He also assured the farmers that the government will consider their concerns and demands as soon as they shift.

Surjeeth Singh Paul, state president of BKU Krantikari (Punjab) said during a press conference that the condition put forward for talks is an insult to farmers. He also confirmed that the protestors wouldn’t go to Burari, terming the place as an open jail.

Meanwhile the situation remained tensed around Delhi, as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajashthan and Punjab continued to join the farmers’protest at the border areas.

The police remain on high altert in view of the thousands gathering at Delhi borders. However the police did not use force to block the commute of the farmers.

Meanwhile the leaders of the protesting farmers will hold a press conference at Singhu border at 4pm on their further course of action.

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Addressing the nation through his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio programme, PM Narendra Modi said, “Parliament has recently passed farm reform laws after rigorous brainstorming. These reforms have not only broken the shackles of farmers but have also given new rights and opportunities to them.

“Agricultural reforms in the past few days have opened new doors of possibilities for our farmers,” PM Narendra Modi said, adding that under these reforms, the SDM of the areas will have to settle the complaints of the farmers within a month.

PM Narendra Modi said, “There is another big thing in the law. Under these laws, the farmers will have their complaints resolved within a month. The SDM of the area will have to settle the complaint of a farmer within one month under these laws.”

The Prime Minister’s statement came amid the raging farmers’protest. The farmers from states like Punjab and Haryana braved through police’s tear gas shells, water cannons and multi-layer barriers to block the protestors, for the Delhi Chalo march.

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