Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor lend support to farmers’ protest: ‘Their fears need to be allayed’

Actors Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor have come out in assist of protesting farmers. Farmers throughout the nation have been staging a large protest towards the federal government’s new agriculture legal guidelines, which they worry will go away them on the mercy of huge companies.

“Our farmers are India’s Food Soldiers. Their fears need to be allayed. Their hopes need to be met. As a thriving democracy, we must ensure that this crises is resolved sooner than later,” Priyanka wrote on Twitter.

 

Sonam took to Instagram to share a sequence of images from the continued farmers’ protest together with a quote by Daniel Webster, “When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.” Her hsuband, businessman Anand Ahuja, confirmed solidarity with the farmers by sharing an image of a protesting farmer. However, he didn’t add any caption.

  

Many different celebrities have additionally backed the farmers. Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh joined the protest on the Delhi border on Saturday and appealed to the federal government, saying, “We have only one request from the Centre… please fulfil the demands of our farmers. Everyone is sitting here peacefully and the entire country is with farmers. This agitation is about farmers. Things are twisted on Twitter but the truth is that farmers are protesting peacefully, nobody is talking about bloodshed here.”

“No farmers = Barren land ! Our land is a Blessed one , so should be OUR Farmers’ lives !!!! Requesting the government to understand their issues and favour them,” actor Gauahar Khan wrote on Twitter.

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Actor Riteish Deshmukh had tweeted earlier this week, “If you eat today, thank a farmer. I stand in solidarity with every farmer in our country. #JaiKisaan.” Filmmakers Hansal Mehta and Anubhav Sinha had additionally supported the farmers’ protest.

Actor Chitrangda Singh had written on Twitter, “We need to keep them feeling protected…might sound selfish but for our own needs. They feed us and work tirelessly with their sweat and blood. #respectfarmers.” She had added a hashtag – ‘farmers are lifeline’ – together with the tweet.

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