A criminal case has been lodged against actress Kangana Ranaut at the Tumkur JMFC Court in Karnataka for her tweet in which she called farmers who are protesting against the three controversial farm bills as ‘terrorists’.
The Three Farm Bills
Last week, the Parliament started discussions regarding three farm bills. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, and the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill aim to transform agriculture in India and raise farmers’ income. However, the proposed bills are currently facing widespread criticism from Indian farmers.
Criminal case lodged against Kangana
A case has been lodged under Section 44, 108, 153, 153A, and 504 of IPC. Reacting to a tweet by PM Modi, Kangana said: “Prime Minister, if anyone’s sleeping, they can be woken up, if someone doesn’t understand, they can be explained, but what can be done when someone is acting to be asleep or doesn’t want to understand? These are the same terrorists. Not one citizenship was lost due to CAA, but they ended up spilling so much blood.”
Later, Kangana reshared her tweet and said there was no fault with her tweet. She said: “Just as Shri Krishna had a Narayani army, Pappu also has a champu army that only knows how to fight through rumors. This is my original tweet, if anyone can prove that I’m calling farmers terrorists, I will apologize and leave Twitter forever. ”
प्रधानमंत्री जी कोई सो रहा हो उसे जगाया जा सकता है, जिसे ग़लतफ़हमी हो उसे समझाया जा सकता है मगर जो सोने की ऐक्टिंग करे, नासमझने की ऐक्टिंग करे उसे आपके समझाने से क्या फ़र्क़ पड़ेगा? ये वही आतंकी हैं CAA से एक भी इंसान की सिटिज़ेन्शिप नहीं गयी मगर इन्होंने ख़ून की नदियाँ बहा दी. https://t.co/ni4G6pMmc3
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) September 20, 2020
Karnataka Bandh on Monday
Meanwhile, farmer organizations in Karnatka have called for a statewide bandh on September 28th. Widespread protests have been planned after BS Yediyurappa’s talks to appease the farmers failed. Cab aggregators, Auto’s and Taxi’s will remain off the road although the state-run BMTC and KSRTC will function as usual. Metro services will also operate as normal on Monday.
Source: India Today
