MAHA GOVT TO PROBE IF CELEBS WERE FORCED TO TWEET ON FARM STIR BY BJP

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government said on Monday that it will order a probe into the tweets by Indian celebrities against international pop icon Rihanna over the issue of ongoing protest by farmers against the new farm laws.

The decision has been taken on a complaint by the Congress, which is a part of the ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in the state.

A delegation of the Congress party met Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh earlier in the day claiming that Indian celebrities reacted to Rihanna’s tweet under pressure from BJP.

Deshmukh assured Congress delegation that the intelligence department of the Maharashtra Police will investigate into tweets by Indian celebrities.

“If BJP is intimidating our national heroes, they should be provided security. We spoke to home minister Anil Deshmukh and he said it is a serious matter. He has given orders to the intelligence department to probe into this,” said Sachin Sawant, spokesperson of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). The Congress claimed that there was a certain pattern behind the tweets by sportspersons and cricketers.

“There was a series of tweets after MEA’s response to Rihanna’s tweet. If a person, be it a celebrity, opine on their own, it’s fine but there’s a scope of suspicion that BJP could be behind this. We have cited common words like ‘amicable’ in these tweets,” Sawant added.

If a person, be it a celebrity, opine on their own, it’s fine but there’s a scope of suspicion that BJP could be behind this

SACHIN SAWANT,

MPCC spokesperson