Pacer Sandeep Sharma deletes tweet challenging govt's 'internal issue' stand on farmer protest

Punjab pacer Sandeep Sharma became one of the very few personalities in cricket, and in general, to voice against the Indian government's stand that farmers' protest was an "internal issue." However, Sharma seems to have withdrawn his stand by deleting the tweet.

In a now-deleted tweet, Sharma had slammed the government's 'logic' behind declaring farmers' protests a domestic issue and that dismissing international celebrities who have now questioned the months-long protest by the farmers at Delhi borders.

"By this logic, no one should care about each other because every situation is someone's internal affair," the tweet said.

Following pop star Rihanna's questioning of protests and the Ministry of External Affairs' rebuttal, various Indian celebrities, from actors to cricketers, have taken to social media in support of the government's stand under a hashtag, first tweeted by MEA.

Sharma listed atrocities against minorities in various parts of the world across different timelines, such as the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. And the question whether "by that logic" were they internal issues.

International attention towards the farmers' protests at Delhi borders has blown through the roof after Rihanna, climate activist Greta Thunberg raised their concerns about the government's handling of the agitation.