‘#VaccineMaitri: Dear Rihanna, shall we also talk about this noble gesture of Bharat!’

Team Udayavani, Feb 10, 2021, 12:00 PM IST

Bengaluru: BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje on Wednesday, February 10 hitting back at Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman Rihanna for tweeting in support of farmers’, said that India has always been a guiding light and extended help to the world with a motto of ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’.

Taking to Twitter Shobha share a tweet by External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S Jaishankar and wrote, “Dear Rihanna, shall we also talk about this noble gesture of Bharat! India has always been a guiding light and extended help to the world with a motto of ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’.”

“This proud legacy is continued by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. #VaccineMaitri,” she added.

Shobha was referring to made in India vaccines sent to Dominica.

A single tweet by American pop star Rihanna on the farmer protests in India has led to a perfect storm. The Indian government, backed by Bollywood and sports stars, is trying to fight a deluge of support from Hollywood stars, social media influencers, and international politicians

The Barbados born American pop star started a chain reaction with her six-word tweet linking to a CNN article: “Why aren’t we talking about this?!” After that, the world spoke of little else. The star has a track record of using social media to amplify selected causes and events — Black Lives Matter, the Beirut bombings, the Myanmar coup, among others.

Reaction from Indians was swift. Many thanked the star for bringing up the farmers’ protest in an international forum. Others, led by Hindi film personality Kangana Ranaut (3M followers on Twitter), were less than polite.