India / Still stand with farmers, no amount of threats will change that: Greta

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR against teen climate activist Greta Thunberg for sharing a controversial toolkit on farmers protests which was deleted by the 18-year-old few hours after posting it on her Twitter account.

Notwithstanding the controversy over her toolkit document, Thunberg on Thursday again extended her support to "peaceful protest" by farmers asserting that the hate she received online will not change her stance.

On Wednesday, the Swedish activist had shared a toolkit "for those who want to help" the agitation led by farmers in India against the three new farm laws which were introduced by the central government last year.

I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest.
No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 4, 2021

The toolkit, essentially a document, listed details on ways to support the protest such as starting a Twitter storm and protesting outside Indian embassies to support farmers protests in Delhi.

Other than Greta, several international celebrities including US pop star Rihanna and US vice-president Kamala Harris' niece had called attention to the plight of the agitating farmers on social media.

However, several Indian celebs and the government had slammed the international celebs' comments.

The ministry of external affairs in an official statement said that a small section of farmers have some reservations about the farm reforms and a proper understanding of the issue is needed before rushing to comment on the agitation.

Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, cricketers Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, singer Lata Mangeshkar were among some of the Indian personalities who took to Twitter on Wednesday urging India to stand united.