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‘Sit down you fool’: Bollywood hits back after Greta Thunberg, Rihanna & Mia Khalifa support Indian farmers’ protest

‘Sit down you fool’: Bollywood hits back after Greta Thunberg, Rihanna & Mia Khalifa support Indian farmers’ protest

India’s top movie stars have fought back against Western celebrities for “poking their noses” into the country’s affairs, after Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, and Mia Khalifa all drew attention to violent protests by Indian farmers.

Amid change in the White House and chaos on Wall Street, India’s protesting farmers have been relegated to the back pages in Western newspapers. Celebrities and activists, however, want to end that. “Why aren’t we talking about this?” pop star Rihanna tweeted on Monday, with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and former porn star Mia Khalifa echoing her call to action.


The countrywide unrest has been ongoing since last September, but turned particularly violent last week, when dozens of police officers were injured and at least one protester was killed in clashes in New Delhi. The protests were triggered by a controversial agriculture reform bill, which some farmers claim would open up the country for foreign exploitation and deprive them of a minimum wage. India’s government, however, has maintained that the reform would actually increase their production by opening up the market to private investment, while giving producers more options regarding buyers for their goods.

Some of India’s top Bollywood stars have taken the government’s side. Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Kailash Kher all defended the government, some sharing a press release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, urging their fans to stand against foreign interference and using the hashtag “#IndiaAgainstPropaganda.”


On Twitter, more Indian celebrities took the information war direct to the Western celebrities’ feeds.

“My country is proud of our farmers and knows how important they are,” former Indian cricketer Pragyan Ojha tweeted at Rihanna. “We don’t need an outsider poking her nose in our internal matters!”

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut was more pointed. “No one is talking about it because they are not farmers they are terrorists who are trying to divide India,” she tweeted. “Sit down you fool, we are not selling our nation like you dummies.”


“Protesting farmers want no penalties for stubble burning that turns Delhi into a gas chamber every year. Is ‘climate activist’ @GretaThunberg aware of this or is she tweeting support just for attention?” Indian news host Sudhir Chaudhary tweeted at the teenage activist, accusing her of spouting “half-baked knowledge.”


Khalifa was hit with a torrent of jeering messages about her past career. “Porn is already banned in India, so internet or no internet it won’t help you or your videos,” Hindu activist Ramesh Solanki tweeted. “So kindly stop poking your nose in matters you hardly understand.”


“Stop poking your nose in” is close to the official line from the Indian government on the protests. “It is unfortunate to see vested interest groups trying to enforce their agenda on these protests, and derail them,” the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, accusing those groups of trying “to mobilize international support against India.”

"Sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” the ministry added, insisting that only a “very small section of farmers” have been taking part in the protests.

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