New Delhi:
YouTuber and content creator Lilly Singh produced a statement at the Grammy Award ceremony by wearing mask that showed her assistance for the farmer’ protest in India. Ms Singh, who has been vocal about her assistance for the protesting farmers, posed in a mask with a message: “I stand with farmers”.
“I know red carpet/award show pictures always get the most coverage, so here you go media. Feel free to run with it. #IStandWithFarmers #GRAMMYs,” she tweeted and wrote on Instagram.
In tiny more than an hour following she shared the photo, her Instagram post was “liked” by more than 52,000 folks. Model Amanda Cerny and WWE wrestler Sunil Singh had been amongst these who commented on the post. The Canadian, whose parents had been born in Punjab, has more than nine million followers on Instagram and more than 14 million subscribers on YouTube.
In December, in a viral TikTok clip, she urged her enormous worldwide fan base to “Stop!” and get informed about the “largest human protest in history” in India.
“I’ve been talking a lot about farmers’ protest happening in India. Long story short, farmers are protesting new agriculture bills that affect their livelihood and they have been peacefully protesting but have not met with not so peaceful responses,” Ms Singh of “Superwoman” fame had stated, pledging her assistance to the farmers and “right to protest peacefully”.
Farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders for more than one hundred days against the center’s 3 agricultural laws. Even following more than 10 rounds of talks, government and farmers have not however reached a conclusion on 3 farm laws, which the protesters say will leave at the mercy of corporates.
Last month, a enormous controversy broke out following international pop icon Rihanna expressed solidarity with the protesting farmers. Many other celebrities, climate activist Greta Thunberg and US lawmakers followed suit, sparking a storm.
The developing international assistance for the farmers’ movement had prompted the government final Wednesday to place out a caustic statement, warning against the “temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments”.