After Rihanna and Greta, now Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon extends her support to Indian farmers' protest
New Delhi/Los Angeles: Another international celebrity Susan Sarandon has extended her support to the Indian farmers who are protesting against certain Centre's passed farm laws for the past couple of months.
"Standing in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India. Read about who they are and why they’re protesting below," the Hollywood actor tweeted.
Standing in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India. Read about who they are and why they’re protesting below. https://t.co/yWtEkqQynF
— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) February 5, 2021
She made the remark on Twitter after a major controversy erupted following international pop icon Rihanna and activist Greta Thunberg's support to the protest.
Meanwhile, a toolkit, which was recently posted and then deleted on Twitter by activist Greta Thunberg, to attract support for the ongoing farmers’ protest in India was allegedly “fed to her” as part of a “larger conspiracy to create disharmony”, media reports said.
According to sources, Canada-based organisation Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF) played a “vital role” in “starting a global campaign”, with backing from “political leaders and activists based out of Canada”, reports The Print quoting security sources.
The people that are on the radar of Indian agencies include Mo Dhaliwal, founder of the PJF and director of a PR firm named Skyrocket, Marina Patterson, who worked as a relationship manager with PR firms, Anita Lal, director of the Canada-based World Sikh Organisation, and co-founder of PJF, and Canadian parliamentarian Jagmeet Singh, reports the news portal.
According to sources quoted by The Print, it was Skyrocket that allegedly paid $2.5 million to popstar Rihanna to tweet in support of the farmers’ protest in India.
Dhaliwal, the sources said, is a Canada-based Sikh who is a “self-proclaimed Sikh separatist” and is also close to Jagmeet Singh, reports The Print.
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