Chennai: Opposition leaders and activists from the across the country have been protesting the arrest of Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist by Delhi Police.
Disha Ravi was arrested for allegedly sharing with environmentalist Greta Thunberg the ‘toolkit’ related to the farmer’s protest against the Centre’s three farm laws.
The Delhi police termed her ‘key conspirator’ in the document’s formulation and dissemination.
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram claimed that India is becoming ‘the theatre of the absurd’.
“The Indian state must be standing on very shaky foundations if Disha Ravi, a 22 year old student of Mount Carmel college and a climate activist, has become a threat to the nation. A ‘took kit’ to support the farmers’ protest is more dangerous than the intrusion by Chinese troops into Indian territory! India is becoming the theatre of the absurd and it is sad that the Delhi Police has become a tool of the oppressors,” Chidambaram tweeted.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh termed the arrest of Disha Ravi as shameful. “Who’s 21-yr-old Disha Ravi arrested over ‘toolkit’ shared by Greta Thunberg? Absolutely shameful. A young Activist concerned with Global Climate Change being prosecuted on weird charges!!”