Pop star Rihanna helps India’s farmers protest

Image Source : FILE IMAGE Pop star Rihanna helps India’s farmers protest 
International pop star Rihanna on Tuesday prolonged her help to the continued farmers agitation whereas criticising the Internet shutdown on the protest website. The 32-year-old singer grew to become the primary international star to voice her help to the protest. “Why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest,” Rihanna wrote on Twitter alongside a CNN information article headlined, “India cuts internet around New Delhi as protesting farmers clash with police.” 
Take a have a look at her put up right here:
why aren’t we speaking about this?! #FarmersProtest https://t.co/obmIlXhK9S— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 2, 2021

Thousands of farmers, primarily from Punjab and Haryana, have been tenting at a number of Delhi border factors since November finish, demanding the federal government to repeal the three farm legal guidelines and authorized assure of minimal help worth (MSP) for his or her crops.

The tweet by Rihanna, who has 100 million followers on the microblogging website, garned 1000’s of retweets and likes inside an hour.
Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker lauded the “Diamond” hitmaker’s remarks, whereas Kangana Ranaut criticised her assertion.
Farmer unions on Monday introduced a national ‘chakka jam’ on February 6 once they would block nationwide and state highways for 3 hours in protest towards the Internet ban in areas close to their agitation websites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, and different points.
Sites of the farmer protest at Delhi’s borders have changed into fortresses with the police beefing up safety and placing up multi-layer barricades to cease the motion of automobiles. Barbed wire has additionally been put as much as preserve off folks on foot.
The strengthened safety measures on the agitation websites throughout the Delhi borders come after the violence throughout the Republic day tractor parade by protesting farmers during which 394 safety personnel had been injured.