Canadian YouTube personality, comedian, and talk show host Lilly Singh has used her social media platforms to express her support for farmers protesting against controversial farm laws in India.
Singh, whose parents immigrated from Punjab, recently posted a video on TikTok to inform his fans and supporters about the historic “largest human protest” in India.
In the video, she says, “Stop! Did you know that the largest human protest in history is taking place in India right now? I’ve been talking a lot about the farmers’ protest in India.”
“To sum up, farmers are protesting the new agriculture bills that affect their livelihoods and they are protesting peacefully, but they haven’t gotten such peaceful responses,” before adding: “What you can do is donate and spread awareness because the media covering this. “
Singh continues to mention some social networks for his fans to follow and read about the whole issue that takes place in India.
On Twitter, Singh wrote: “The right to peacefully protest and speak out and not be greeted with violence is critical. We can never, never lose that. If we lose it anywhere, we all lose a large part of ourselves as human beings in all. parts.. “
Earlier, Singh spoke of the suicides of farmers in Punjab and that new changes will only bring them down and hamper their ability to provide and survive.
Farmer suicide in Punjab has long been a problem and these changes are NOT helping their ability to provide and survive. I encourage all of you to read about this. On IG I have found @sikhexpo very useful.
– Lilly Singh (@Lilly) November 29, 2020
Thousands of farmers from Haryana, Punjab and other states held demonstrations at the Delhi border points, protesting against the new farm laws, which they fear will dismantle the minimum support price system, leaving them “at the mercy” of large corporations.
On Tuesday (December 8), farmer teams are observing a Bharat Bandh (national lockdown) today to protest the controversial new farm laws, with several trade and transportation unions providing support and almost all opposition parties also backing. your demands. Peasant leaders said their strike will remain peaceful and that no shops or establishments will be forcibly closed because of Bandh.
You can see all the Bharat Bandh live updates here.
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