Indian government slams Rihanna and Greta Thunberg s tweets on Indian farmers protests
India accuses “foreign individuals” and celebrities of “sensationalism” after tweet by pop star Rihanna, extending support to protesting farmershttps://t.co/Mwyvnj1dty BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 3, 2021
Rihanna posted on Twitter about increasingly tense protests by Indian farmers against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. These protests are currently in their third month, and involve contentious changes to agricultural laws that many of the country s farmers (who mostly possess their own, very limited land holdings) fear will leave them vulnerable to more volatile free market forces. Modi is offering to suspend the laws, but the protesting farmers are arguing for a complete repeal.
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International pop icon Rihanna has been trending on Twitter ever since she tweeted on the ongoing farmers protest in India. Her tweet garnered 76.5k likes and over 228.8k retweets. She had shared a news article about the farmer s protest on Twitter and asked, why aren t we talking about this?!#FarmersProtest. Â
Rihanna is the first global influencer who talked about the ongoing farmer s agitation in Delhi. Later, her tweet evoked reactions from many celebrities all across the world.
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CNN, which outlined the recent internet cuts that took place in New Delhi, India, as a result of the protests gaining further traction. She captioned it, Why aren t we talking about this? which sparked a huge debate on Twitter. Though a number of responses were littered with praise, the majority of India s right-wing population were less than pleased. This included Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who supported the new farm laws last year and subsequently called Rihanna a fool, sharing her views on Twitter.
Rihanna wasn t the only one to share her support, however. The movement was also supported by environmental activist Greta Thunberg, who shared the same
Who is 9-Year-Old Kangujam, the force behind Greta Thunberg s support to farmers
Licypriya Kangujam, one of the youngest child activists globally, has consolidated support for the farmers protest by raising her voice on social media
BusinessToday.In | February 3, 2021 | Updated 14:23 IST
Licpriya Kangujam (Image- Twitter)
A 9-year-old Indian climate activist has turned the tide and brought international attention to the farmers protest, urging popular global icons like Rihanna and Greta Thunberg to show solidarity with the farmers.
Licypriya Kangujam, one of the youngest child activists globally, has consolidated support for the farmers protest by raising her voice on social media.
Kangujam tweeted, Dear friends, our millions of poor farmers sleeping in the streets on this cold weather don t expect anything from you. Just your one tweet of love and supports /solidarity to their cause means a lots to them. Our Indian celebrities are get lost!
International pop star Rihanna supports India s farmers protest ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated Feb 3, 2021, 9:54 am IST
International pop star Rihanna on Tuesday became the first global name to voice her support to the ongoing farmers agitation
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Mumbai: International pop star Rihanna on Tuesday became the first global name to voice her support to the ongoing farmers agitation while criticising the internet shutdown at the protest site.
The 32-year-old singer, who has over 100 million followers on Twitter, took to the microblogging site and shared a CNN news article headlined, India cuts internet around New Delhi as protesting farmers clash with police. Why aren t we talking about this? #FarmersProtest, Rihanna wrote.