Not afraid to speak the truth! Sushant Singh urges farmers’ body to sue Kangana Ranaut's Twitter account

Sushant Singh

After his Twitter account was withheld and later restored for engaging in the ongoing farmers' stir, Sushant Singh has set up another social media handle. The former host of Savdhaan India is not afraid to voice his opinion and will "always stand up for what is right."

Singh, who features in the digital series Kaun? Who Did It?, says, "Those who don't speak up are doing injustice to themselves and the country."

On Tuesday, international pop-star Rihanna extended her support to the ongoing farmers' agitation while criticising the Internet shutdown at the protest site. The 32-year-old singer became the first global star to voice her support for the protest. "Why aren't we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest," Rihanna wrote on Twitter alongside a CNN news article headlined, "India cuts internet around New Delhi as protesting farmers clash with police".

While many Bollywood celebs lauded the "Diamond" hitmaker's remarks, actress Kangana Ranaut criticised her statement. Reacting to the same, Sushant Singh tweeted, "I have been trying my best to ignore this account, but enough is enough. Already reported this tweet, and I implore @Kisanektamorcha to sue this handle for defamation, it is calling our farmers ‘terrorists'. @arunbothra ji is this internal defamation ok?"

Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping at several Delhi border points since November end, demanding the government to repeal the three farm laws and legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.

Farmer unions on Monday announced a countrywide 'chakka jam' on February 6 when they would block national and state highways for three hours in protest against the Internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, and other issues.

Sites of the farmer protest at Delhi's borders have turned into fortresses with the police beefing up security and putting up multi-layer barricades to stop the movement of vehicles. Barbed wire has also been put up to keep off people on foot. The strengthened security measures at the agitation sites across the Delhi borders come after the violence during the Republic day tractor parade by protesting farmers in which 394 security personnel were injured.