'Our Farmers Are Food Soldiers', Priyanka Chopra Extends Support To The Farmers' Protest

While a lot of Bollywood celebrities have voiced their support to farmers, there are several others who maintained their silence. This has not gone down with many including Punjabi stars Gippy Garewal and Jazzy B.

Another celebrity who has joined the bandwagon to support "food soldiers" is Priyanka Chopra, the diva who is currently not in India.

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Taking to Twitter, Priyanka wrote, "Our farmers are India¡¯s Food Soldiers. Their fears need to be allayed. Their hopes need to be met. As a thriving democracy, we must ensure that this crisis is resolved sooner than later."

With that, she also extended support to Diljit Dosanjh, who took part in the protest and donated to buy warm clothes for farmers, by quoting his tweet.

Our farmers are India¡¯s Food Soldiers. Their fears need to be allayed. Their hopes need to be met. As a thriving democracy, we must ensure that this crises is resolved sooner than later. https://t.co/PDOD0AIeFv

¡ª PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) December 6, 2020

Meanwhile, boxer Vijender Singh also joined the protest site at Delhi's Singhu border on Sunday. He said that he will return his Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, if the demands of farmers against the new farm bills are not accepted by the central government.

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"Enough is enough, if the government does not listen to the demands of the farmers, then I have decided that as a show of solidarity, I will return my Khel Ratna," Vijender told PTI.

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"I come from a family of farmers and army men, I can understand their pain and anxiety. It is high time that government pays heed to their demands," he added.