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farmers prOtest: fOreign hand?

>> Continued from previous page... ing about other fields”. while commenting on fields oth- eignty cannot be compromised
The Cyber Cell is working on it. “Many people (celebrities) er than his domain,” Pawar told and external forces can be spec-
Delhi Police on Friday wrote have reacted sharply to the reporters here. Tendulkar had tators but not participants
a letter to Google seeking reg- stand taken by them (farmers). said after comments by a few in- “India’s sovereignty can-
istration details and activity log My suggestion to Sachin Ten- ternational celebrities on farm- not be compromised. External
of the account through which a dulkar is he should be cautious ers’ protests that India’s sover- forces can be spectators but not
“toolkit” related to the farmers’ participants. Indians know In-
protest was created and upload- dia and should decide for India.
ed on the social media platform. Let’s remain united as a nation.
Farmers have been protest- #IndiaTogether #IndiaAgain-
ing at different borders of the stPropaganda,” Tendulkar had
national capital since Novem- tweeted on Wednesday.
ber 26 last year against the three Pawar accused the central
newly-enacted farm laws. government of trying to defame
Meanwhile, even national the farmers’ agitation. “The
icons have been dragged into the Central Government is trying to
controversy. Days after Sachin defame the farmers’ agitation
Tendulkar made comments in by calling them Khalistani and
the wake remarks of some ce- terrorists. It is not a good prac-
lebrities on the protest by farm- tice to insult the ‘annadata’ of
ers, Nationalist Congress Party the nation,” he said.
(NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Amid such charges and
Saturday asked the former Indi- farmers blocking kundli Manesar Palwal expressway (kMP) near singhu counter-charges, a battle of
an skipper Sachin Tendulkar to border in New Delhi on saturday (ANI) nerves continues in the heart of
“exercise caution while speak- India.

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