Rihanna tweets about farmer protests, net ban

February 02, 2021 22:39

Photograph: Kind courtesy, Rihanna/Instagram

Pop star Rihanna is the latest international celebrity to tweet in support of the ongoing farmers' protest at Delhi's borders against the Modi government's farm laws.

'Why aren't we talking about this?' the star tweeted a cnn.com report on the internet shutdown around Delhi, with the hashtag #farmersprotest.

The Barbadian pop star, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, has more than 100 million followers on Twitter. Her post has clocked more than 91,000 likes, 41,000 retweets and 9000 quoted tweets.

Her tweet on farmers protest sent the singer trending on Twitter with thousands of responses from Indians, including one from actor Kangana Ranaut, an ardent supporter of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party who has made no bones about her strong dislike for the farmers' protest that has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

'No one is talking about it because they are not farmers they are terrorists who are trying to divide India, so that China can take over our vulnerable broken nation and make it a Chinese colony much like USA... Sit down you fool, we are not selling our nation like you dummies,' the Padma Shri awardee responded on Twitter.

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