India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, Feb 04: Following the utterances made by Rihanna and Greta Thunberg on the farmer protests, the internet erupted. The Ministry of External Affairs issued a strongly worded statement making it clear that these foreign personalities are unaware of the facts that this is purely India’s internal matter.
The statements by these foreign personalities also evoked a sharp response from a host of celebrities, who urged that India must stand united.
Former special secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing, Amar Bhushan tells OneIndia that the MEA was absolutely right in its response. The message was clear and that India is no longer a soft state.
The document that Thunberg sought to put out was about a plan. It made it amply clear that the protest on January 26 was never…