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Popstar Rihanna is trending in India and how! No, it is not because of her songs. It was her tweet on a news article about suspension of internet on farmer protesting sites that started a storm.
Rihanna tweeted an article along with the caption: Why aren’t we talking about this?!”
Rihanna further added the hashtag #FarmersProtest.
Soon, other international personalities including Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg, also joined in.
As the issue gained prominence, Indian celebrities took to Twitter and responded with counter hashtags – #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda.
There were many Indian celebrities who supported and lauded Rihanna for supporting the farmers’ movement.