A section of Bollywood celebrities on Thursday criticised big stars such as Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn for their similarly worded tweets in response to pop star Rihanna s post drawing attention to the farmers agitation in India.
Actor Taapsee Pannu, filmmaker Onir, actor Arjun Mathur and others criticised the seemingly orchestrated show of solidarity by the big stars towards the government.
Rihanna, the fourth most followed celebrity on Twitter with over 100 million followers, took to the microblogging site on Tuesday 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 on Tuesday.
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Updated Feb 03, 2021 | 11:04 IST
Several central ministers have repeatedly said that the farmers’ protest has been infiltrated by “Leftist and Maoist elements . Farmers protesting at Delhi-UP border | Photo Credit: AP
New Delhi: The banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) has likened the three newly-enacted farm laws with the British-era Rowlatt Act and asked its frontal organisations to continue fighting alongside the protesting farmers, a report said on Wednesday.
The outlawed CPI (Maoist) has issued several statements in support of the protests again the three agri laws, thus appearing to confirm the central probe agencies’ suspicion of Maoists’ involvement in the ongoing farmers’ protest.
DMK MP seeks assurance from prime minister on repeal of farm laws
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Last Updated: Feb 03, 2021, 05:14 PM IST
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which has seven members in the Upper House of Parliament, had opposed the three farm bills.
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DMK MP Tiruchi Siva said that only three-and-half hours were left for discussion on the bills after half an hour got exhausted in the Zero Hour session.
New Delhi: DMK MP Tiruchi Siva on Wednesday sought assurance from the government and the prime minister on the repeal of the three contentious farm laws against which several farmer unions have been protesting on various borders of Delhi. He also expressed concern over the manner in which the farm bills were passed last year, but Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said that everything was done according to rule.