“We stand in solidarity with #farmersprotest in India”, Greta Thunberg tweeted. (File)
New Delhi:
Teen local weather activist Greta Thunberg has prolonged her help to the farmers’ protest at Delhi borders in opposition to the controversial agricultural legal guidelines.
“We stand in solidarity with #farmersprotest in India”, Ms Thunberg tweeted late on Tuesday night time.
We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India.
https://t.co/tqvR0oHgo0— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 2, 2021
The teenager activist’s tweet got here hours after worldwide pop icon Rihanna shared a information article that highlighted the federal government’s newest crackdown on the agitating farmers by slicing off web companies in lots of areas.
“Why aren’t we speaking about this?! #FarmersProtest,” tweeted the ‘Do not Cease The Music’ singer. Inside hours of her tweet, the singer gained one other 1 lakh followers within the 100 million-plus Twitter fan-following.
why aren’t we speaking about this?! #FarmersProtesthttps://t.co/obmIlXhK9S
— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 2, 2021
The tweet despatched the singer trending on Twitter with hundreds of responses together with one from actor Kangana Ranaut, an ardent supporter of the ruling BJP who has made no bones about her sturdy dislike for the farmers’ protest that has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Nobody is speaking about it as a result of they aren’t farmers they’re terrorists who’re attempting to divide India, in order that China can take over our weak damaged nation and make it a Chinese language colony very like USA…
Sit down you idiot, we aren’t promoting our nation such as you dummies. https://t.co/OIAD5Pa61a— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) February 2, 2021
The web companies within the Delhi border areas of Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri – epicentres of the farmers’ months-long protest in opposition to the centre’s agriculture legal guidelines – have been suspended on Saturday and the shutdown has been prolonged twice to be in pressure until at the very least 5 pm Wednesday.
Lakhs of farmers throughout India have on protest since September demanding the centre repeal legal guidelines they are saying will depart them on the mercy of enormous company companies.