Since Rihanna and Greta Thunberg tweeted about Farmers’ Protest, allegations about “”Foreign Hand”” behind the farmers’ Protest have made a comeback. From Television anchors to Ruling party spokespersons, all have echoed the International conspiracy allegation. The 32 year-old Hollywood singer and 18-year-old climate activist last week tweeted about farmers Protest. Soon after their tweets, the issue caught international attention. many from the international community tweeted about it. Right from Meena Harris, Lilly Singh, Rupi Kaur to NBA, NFL players and Hollywood actors, several have voiced their support to the farmers’ protest. Then came MEA’s unprecedented response to the criticism calling it an act by “”Vested interests”” interfering in India’s internal matters. Which was followed by Indian celebs from Bollywood to sportsmen/women rallying behind the govt with very similar worded tweets. This “”International conspiracy”” theory got momentum a day later when Indian media discovered that Greta Thunberg the Swedish climate activist had shared a toolkit on her Twitter account. Last Wednesday, she had shared a Google Document on her twitter with a hashtag #StandWithFarmers. The toolkit talked about protests across the world over the issue and detailed the actions taken to support the protests. But it soon caused big controversy where several Indian news media and the BJP called it proof f the International Conspiracy. Moreover, Greta Deleted the tweet later, Which added to the media frenzy but she uploaded the toolkit again on Thursday, claiming that the one she shared on Wednesday was an outdated one. Based on this toolkit, the Delhi police has even filed an FIR. The Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell last Thursday filed an FIR on charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and promoting hatred against the creators of a ‘toolkit‘ on farmer protests. The police said that it was evidence of a conspiracy that resulted in violence on Republic Day, when one section of participants in a tractor rally in Delhi deviated from the planned route and entered the Red Fort. The previous toolkit did in fact had a reference to Farmers’ Tractor Rally on 26th January. Now, since this incident. The word Toolkit has been floating around a lot but very few people know what it actually is. So Let’s talk about What actually is a toolkit and Going a step further, we will also discuss whether the toolkit shared by Greta indicated a conspiracy?
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