SINGER RIHANNA WEIGHS IN ON FARMER PROTESTS

Indian farmers’ leaders outlined plans on Wednesday to scale up months of protests against controversial agricultural reforms, as their cause gained high-profile supporters in the West.

demanding the repeal of three new farm laws that they say will hurt them to the benefit of large corporations, tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of delhi since late 2020.

Their generally peaceful protest was marred by violence last week, when some demonstrators drove a procession of tractors into the heart of the capital and clashed with police.

Farmers’ leaders, speaking hours after u.s. pop superstar rihanna weighed into the row in a posting to her 101 million Twitter followers, said they would not back down.

“This gathering shows the anger against the government and we will continue our fight,” union leader rakesh Tikait told a 50,000-strong rally of the politically influential Jat community in northern haryana state.