Thank you Rihanna: YouTuber Lilly Singh hails pop star for speaking in support of farmers

Indian-Canadian Youtube star Lilly Singh on Tuesday thanked American musician Rihanna for tweeting in support of the ongoing farmers' protest in India. Rihanna took to her official Twitter handle to share a CNN article about the farmers' protests in India, asking "why aren't we talking about this?". To which the talk show host, who is popularly known as Superwoman, replied and thanked Rihanna for speaking in support of the farmers as she shared a post with the hashtag '#IStandWithFarmers".

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Lilly Singh had shown similar solidarity with the farmers' protests last week after thousands of people and tractors marched on the roads of New Delhi on January 26, the day India was celebrating its 72nd Republic Day. 

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Earlier, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut slammed Rihanna for tweeting about the ongoing farmers' protest in India. Ranaut called Rihanna a "fool" for posting about the issue without knowing the nitty-gritty of the situation. Ranaut furiously commented on the post saying no one is talking about it because they are not protesters, claiming they are "terrorists" who are trying to divide India. 

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Farmers protests

For over two months, thousands of farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders seeking the repeal of three farm laws passed by the Parliament. At present, the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of the farm laws and formed a committee to resolve the ongoing impasse.

On January 26, the farmers' rally took a violent turn after groups of farmers broke police barricades at the Delhi border to enter the national capital before the allocated time. Apart from this, some protesters did not follow the pre-decided routes and instead proceeded towards Central Delhi. As per visuals, some of the protesters vandalised a DTC bus and drove tractors to deliberately run over the police personnel at ITO in central Delhi.

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