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court cases and deLeted tWeets

Kangana spits fire on rihanna and

farmers at the same time

Our Bureau
Mumbai

ll hell broke loose in
Bollywood this week
Aafter Rihanna tweeted
about the farmers protest in In-
dia. The ‘Umbrella’ crooner’s
tweet evoked reactions from
fans and celebrity followers
and caused her to trend on the
microblogging platform. With
over 241,000 tweets, Rihanna
was trending at Number 1 spot
in India on the site. Soon, Bol-
lywood actor Kangana Ranaut,
who had supported farm laws,
called Rihanna a “fool” and
said that the protestors were not
farmers but “terrorists who are
trying to divide India”.

“no one is talking about it

because they are not farm-
ers, they are terrorists

who are trying to divide

india, so that china can Farmers and this narrative is ity towards the cause of farm- platform’s guidelines.

take over our vulnerable TIRED,” Canadian YouTuber, ers, while on the other hand, This comes a day after Kan-
broken nation and make comedian, talk show host, and it is unfortunate that the Gov- gana reacted to international
pop sensation Rihanna’s sup-
ernment of India is not under-
actress Lily Singh tweeted.
it a chinese colony much Taking a veiled dig at actor standing the pain of the farm- port for the ongoing farmers’
like usa... sit down you Kangana Ranaut, Samyuk- ers and some people are even protest. And, after several
ta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on calling peaceful farmers as ter-
Indian celebrities (film stars,
fool, we are not selling our Wednesday said it is unfortu- rorists.” International pop star cricketers) supported Rihan-

nation like you dummies,” nate that some people are call- Rihanna on Tuesday extended na’s tweet, Kangana responded
ing ‘peaceful farmers’ protest- her support to farmers protest- to them with profanities in her
the ‘panga’ actor tweeted. ing against the Centre’s three ing on the borders of India’s tweet. This led to the twitter
farm laws ‘terrorists’ when ‘in- capital against the three agri- guidelines violation and de-
Others like Priyanka Chopra ternational personalities’ are culture laws introduced by the letion of some of her tweets.
Jonas and Diljit Dosanjh have supporting the agitation. Central government last year A Twitter spokesperson con-
earlier come out in support of In a media note, SKM ac- and asked why people were not firmed, “We have taken action
the farmers on Twitter. Diljit knowledged the support of talking about it. on Tweets that were in viola-
also had a Twitter spat with the “international personalities” Also, Twitter took action tion of the Twitter Rules in line
‘Queen’ actor following their towards the ongoing farmers’ against Bollywood star Kan- with our range of enforcement
contrasting views on the pro- movement, and said, “On the gana Ranaut on Thursday by options.”
testing farmers. “Yes! Thank one hand, it is a matter of pride deleting some of her tweets, Earlier, Manjit Singh GK,
you so much Rihanna. This is a that eminent personalities of stating that the now-deleted former President of Delhi
humanity issue! #IStandWith- the world are showing sensitiv- posts were in violation of the Continued on next page... >>

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