Rahul Gandhi supports Rihanna's tweet on farmers, blames govt for sustained protests

During his visit to his Lok Sabha Constituency Wayanad on Monday, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi hailed international pop-star Rihanna for questioning farm laws in India. 

He said, " entire world can see difficulty faced by Indian farmers but Govt in Delhi is unable to understand pain of farmers. We have pop stars who are commenting on situation of farmers, but Indian Government is t interested."

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Rahul refused to comment earlier 

However, earlier this month, Rahul Gandhi had refused to wade into Rihanna's take on farmers' stir. Tweeting on agitation against three farm laws and suspension of internet at protest sites a day earlier, she had questioned, "why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest." This was followed by environmental activist Greta Thunberg and US Vice President Kamala Harris's niece Meena Harris expressing ir support for farmers' cause in India. 

While Ministry of External Affairs dubbed such comments as "neir accurate r responsible", Wayanad MP had commented that he was "t interested" in this controversy. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had issued a statement and said that before rushing to comment on such matters, it urges that facts are ascertained and proper understanding of issues at hand be undertaken. 

Centre has so far held 11 rounds of talks with protesting farmers, with top court of country forming a panel to encour furr talks on reforms. Moreover, just days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended an olive branch to community, assuring that he was only one-call away if y wanted to hold any furr discussions on three Farm Laws.

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