AGRA: Even as he slammed the Union government for arresting 21-year-old environment activist Disha Ravi, RLD leader and former MP Jayant Chaudhary on Monday said that there was nothing wrong in using a toolkit or any other application for mustering support for an agitation.
Every agitation needs publicity for mustering support and using toolkit is not “anti-national”, as being made out by the Union government, Chaudhary told reporters before participating in a kisan mahapanchayat in Hathras.
“Toolkit is basically like using a “hashtag” to address the issue on Twitter and the FIR against the activist will never stand judicial scrutiny,” he said while adding that criticising the Prime Minister doesn’t mean criticising the country or opposing the government. “You don’t become anti-national, if you don’t agree with the ruling dispensation,” he said.
Even Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi took a veiled potshot at the BJP-led government and said that “people who carry guns are afraid of an unarmed girl”.
“Those who wield guns are afraid of an unarmed girl. The unarmed girl has spread the light of hope,” the Congress leader tweeted in Hindi, using hashtags #ReleaseDishaRavi, #DishaRavi and #IndiaBeingSilenced.
Later while addressing farmers in Hathras, Jayant Chaudhary, said, “When Modi does something, it is publicised across the globe as a major achievement, but if anyone criticizes him, he is branded a terrorist.” He added that farmers’ agitation has also drawn widespread international attention which is not acceptable to the Modi regime.