New Delhi:
A doctored image displaying pop superstar Rihanna purportedly holding up a Pakistan flag has been broadly circulated right after she expressed solidarity with farmers protesting in India against the agricultural laws.
The original image, nevertheless, is more than a year old, of Rihanna holding up a Cricket West Indies (CWI) flag at a match in the British town of Chester-le-Street for the duration of the 2019 World Cup.
The doctored image was published in a Facebook post on February 3 and has been shared hundreds of instances, news agency AFP stated in a reality-verify report.
On July 1, 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had tweeted the original photo of the pop icon holding the Cricket West Indies flag, when West Indies played Sri Lanka for the duration of the cricket World Cup that year.
“Look who’s at #SLvWI to Rally ’round the West Indies! Watch out for @rihanna’s new single, Shut Up And Cover Drive Winking face,” ICC had tweeted, along with the photo.
Look who’s at #SLvWI to Rally ’round the West Indies!
Watch out for @rihanna‘s new single, Shut Up And Cover Drive #CWC19 | #MenInMaroonpic.twitter.com/cou1V0P7Zj
— ICC (@ICC) July 1, 2019
The official Twitter account of Cricket West Indies also had tweeted a photo of Rihanna standing in the stadium. The Barbados-born singer was dressed in white and was wearing sunglasses,
Look who came to #Rally with the #MenInMaroon today! Hey @rihanna!#CWC19#ItsOurGamepic.twitter.com/ePYtbZ1c8u
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 1, 2019
A six-word tweet this week by Rihanna, who has more than one hundred million followers on Twitter (and counting) sparked a storm, with a number of US lawmakers and celebrities followed suit.
This is what she tweeted: “Why aren’t we talking about this #FarmersProtest?”
Rihanna also shared an short article on the farmers’ protest by American news outlet CNN.
The developing international assistance for the farmers’ movement prompted the government on Wednesday place out a caustic statement, warning against the “temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments”.
Rihanna came below vicious attack on the internet for voicing her assistance to the farmers’ movement, with quite a few accusing her and other people of vested interests. Actor Kangana Ranaut named her a “fool”, terming the farmer protesters “terrorists” and that they have been attempting to divide India.
(With inputs from AFP)