Strong Condemnation From India and Abroad After ED Questions Researcher Navsharan Singh
Jahnavi Sen | 18 May 2023 | The Wire
A wide range of people and groups from India and abroad – civil society organisations, academics, farmers’ unions – have expressed their solidarity with researcher, author and activist Navsharan Singh, who was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for seven hours on May 10. She was summoned under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Singh was an active supporter of and participant in the farmers’ protests that shook the Union government in 2020-21 – leading to Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally recalling three contentious farm laws his government had introduced. She is also on the board of Aman Biradari, a trust headed by rights activist Harsh Mander.