International celebs Rihanna, Mia Khalifa Lilly Singh extend support to farmers protest

The farmers protest in India grabbed eyeballs internationally after several celebs came out in support of the the protesting farmers. Pop star Rihanna created a flutter when she shared a message about the farmers' protest with a news update and captioned the post asking her followers and fans using the trending #FarmersProtest hashtag. She wrote: “why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest.”

Former adult star Mia Khalifa showed her support and dropped a tweet, reacting to the ongoing protest. "What in the human rights violations is going on?! They cut the internet around New Delhi?! #FarmersProtest," she wrote.

Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Great Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist said, "We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India."

Indian-Canadian Youtube star Lilly Singh thanked American musician Rihanna for tweeting in support of the ongoing farmers' protest in India. Singh 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".

Diljit Dosanjh, who has been vocal on his support to the protesting farmers, took to his Instagram and shared a picture of American singer Rihanna without any caption to express his gratitude after she tweeted in support of the protesting farmers in India. The picture was accompanied by her song, ‘Run This Town’. Diljit also shared a Punjabi proverb on Twitter and wrote: "Jaat Di Kohr Kirli, Shateeriyan Nu Jaffe... (which in English means that your status in life is rather insignificant but you know how to talk big)."

Popular actress Swara Bhaskar participated in the farmers protest and took to Twitter to talk about her experience. "A humbling day, to see the grit, resolve and determination of protesting farmers and the elderly at Singhu Border during farmers protests," she wrote.