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NewsClick FIR: SKM to hold protest against bid to ‘tarnish’ farmers’ agitation | Chandigarh News
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has decided to hold nationwide protests against what it called a “baseless assault” on the farmers’ movement in the FIR against NewsClick.
In a statement Sunday, it condemned the “scurrilous and malafide allegations” leveled against the “deeply patriotic” farmers’ movement in an FIR lodged by Special Cell of Delhi Police against NewsClick and several journalists. The SKM denied the allegations, calling them “false and politically motivated”.
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It rejected the accusations that the agitation sought to disrupt vital supplies, damage property, inflict economic losses, or create law and order disturbances through illegal foreign funding. It emphasised that their protest was peaceful, highlighting that farmers caused no disruption or destruction.
The morcha blamed the government for exacerbating law and order issues through actions such as deploying barbed wire fencing, water cannons, and other such measures.
It also questioned the impartiality of the Delhi Police.
The SKM alleged that the FIR was an attempt to tarnish the farmers’ agitation and craft an anti-farmer narrative.