What is the toolkit that the Delhi Police described as ‘foreign intrigue’

The Delhi Police has started an investigation into a ‘toolkit’ allegedly linked to the farmers’ movement.

This is the same toolkit that Sweden’s well-known environmental activist Greta Thunberg wrote on Twitter that “If you want to help farmers, you can take the help of this toolkit (document)”.

But the Delhi Police has described it as a “document which creates revolt among the people” and has taken it under scrutiny.

Police is searching for those who write this toolkit. The police have registered a case against those writing it under sections 124A, 153A, 153, 120B of the IPC. However, no FIR is included in the FIR of Delhi Police.

News agency ANI has quoted sources as saying that “the police is going to write a letter to Google to extract the IP address of the people uploading it on social media by creating this toolkit.”

Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police says that “Around 300 social media handles have been found in the recent past, which are being used to spread hateful and scandalous content. These are being used by some western interest organizations Those who are doing wrong propaganda against the Government of India in the name of farmers’ movement.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has described it as ‘foreign intrigue’. Speaking to the press, he said, “The issue of the toolkit is very serious. It is clear that some foreign forces are conspiring to discredit India.”

The Delhi Police stated in its press conference on 4 February that “this toolkit has been created by the pro-Khalistani organization Poetic Justice Foundation. It was first uploaded and then deleted a few days later.”

Some media reports have cited Delhi Police sources as claiming that “the co-founder of this institution, Mo Dhaliwal, describes himself as a pro-Khalistan and lives in Vancouver, Canada.”

However, members of the ruling political party have repeatedly said that “the present agitation of farmers is a sponsored event and pro-Khalistani supporters are part of this movement.”

What is a toolkit after all?

In the current era, whatever movements take place in different parts of the world, whether it is ‘Black Lives Matter’, America’s ‘Anti-Lockdown Protest’, ‘Climate Strike Campaign’ or any other movement related to environment. Everywhere, people associated with the movement prepare some ‘action points’, that is, plan some things that can be done to further the movement.

The document in which these ‘action points’ are entered is called a toolkit.

The term ‘toolkit’ is used more in the context of social media for this document, but in addition to social media strategy, information about physical performance is also given.

Toolkits are often shared among those whose presence can prove to be helpful in increasing the impact of the movement.

In such a situation, it would not be wrong to call the toolkit an important part of the strategy of any movement.

You can call the toolkit the sophisticated and modern form of posters that have been used on the walls, which have been used by the agitators for years to appeal or invoke.

According to social media and marketing experts, the main objective of this document is to establish coordination among the people (supporters of the movement). The toolkit usually describes what people can write, which hashtags they can use, what time and time between which tweet or post will benefit and which one will benefit from being included in tweets or Facebook posts.

According to experts, the effect of this is that the presence of any movement or campaign is recorded by the action of the people at the same time, i.e. in social media trends and then through this, such a strategy was made to get the attention of the people. She goes.

Not only the agitators, all political parties, big companies and other social groups also use such ‘toolkits’ on many occasions.

On 3 February, Greta Thanberg made a tweet in support of the farmers. In another tweet the same day, Greta also shared a toolkit and appealed to the people to help the farmers. But later he deleted that tweet and said that the toolkit he shared was old.

On February 4, Greta once again tweeted in support of the farmers. He also shared another toolkit, with which he wrote, “This is a new toolkit created by people who are currently working on land in India. With this you can help them if you want.”

What’s in this toolkit?

A note has been written at the top of this three-page toolkit, according to which “it is a document that informs people unfamiliar with the ongoing peasant movement in India about the current state of agriculture and the recent demonstrations of farmers.”

It is written in the note that “The aim of this toolkit is to tell the people how they can use their discretion to support the farmers”.

Following this note, the toolkit talks about the current state of the Indian agriculture sector. It has been said that India has the largest number of small and marginal farmers and their situation is really bad.

The toolkit describes farmers as the ‘backbone of the Indian economy’. It is written that “These historically marginalized peasants were first exploited by feudal landlords. They were followed by the policies of globalization and liberalization brought by the colonists and then in the 1990s. Despite this, the peasants even today” Are the backbone of the Indian economy. “

The toolkit also mentions Indian farmers who were forced to commit suicide. Also, privatization in agriculture has been described as a global problem.

After this, the toolkit states “what people can do about this immediately.”

The toolkit suggests that people can tweet in support of farmers, using the #FarmersProtest and #StandWithFarmers hashtags. “Rihanna and Greta Thanberg used the #FarmersProtest hashtag in their tweets.

The toolkit states that “people can mail their local representatives, call them and ask them what action they are taking in the case of farmers”.

The toolkit also appeals to sign some online-petitions in support of farmers, one of which is to withdraw the online-petitions three agricultural bills.

The toolkit calls on people to “get organized, perform outside the nearby Indian embassies, media institutions and government offices on February 13-14 and put their photos on social media with #FarmersProtest and #StandWithFarmers.”

The toolkit also calls on people to make videos, share photos and write their messages in support of farmers.

In this, people have been suggested that whatever they post in support of the farmers, they should include the official Twitter handle of the Prime Minister’s Office, Agriculture Minister and other government institutions.

The toolkit also mentions a parade or march of farmers from the borders of Delhi towards the city and appeals to the people to join it. But there is no mention of the Red Fort in this place, nor is anyone encouraged to commit violence.

On Thursday, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police, Praveer Ranjan, in the toolkit, while emphasizing the farmers’ parade point, said that “the toolkit describes the complete action plan, how to strike digital, how to storm Twitter and whether physical action Maybe. Whatever happened around January 26, it happened under this plan, it seems. “

However, Delhi Police has not yet been able to give information as to when this toolkit was being shared on social media.

Farmers’ organizations had announced in December 2019 that they would organize a tractor rally on Republic Day. On January 7, farmers also rehearsed the tractor parade on the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways.