Silence is complicity. There is a tendency to either portray everyone as a Punjabi male farmer, or disparage the movement as a rich farmers movement. #NodeepKaur crystallises a militancy that deals with class issues, even as her location as a woman & Dalit sharpens her politics https://twitter.com/kharrn/status/1358071111146065927
Kaur has 3 FIRs against her. She has been booked under a wide range of sections, including rioting while armed with a deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, causing hurt to public servant, assault criminal force, trespass, extortion, snatching, criminal intimidation, attempt to murder
Read more here on how state machinery is used to crush, physically assault and break a Dalit woman who's a trade union activist who was actively participating in the farmers protests. There should be more noise demanding #ReleaseNodeepKaur
. https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/dalit-activist-who-fought-for-workers-and-farmers-rights-faced-custodial-torture-alleges-family/amp?__twitter_impression=true
. https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/dalit-activist-who-fought-for-workers-and-farmers-rights-faced-custodial-torture-alleges-family/amp?__twitter_impression=true