‘We Don’t Need An Outsider Poking Her Nose’ : Pragyan Ojha Replies To Rihanna’s Tweet On Farmers Protest, Faces Backlash

India’s ex-spinner, Ojha replied to international pop singer, Rihanna’s tweet earlier today asking her to not poke her nose in the ‘internal’ matter of India. Do you think he is right in saying so?

Pragyan Ojha's tweet against Rihanna took Twitter by storm. (Source: Getty Images)

The on-going issue of the farmers’ protest on the borders of India’s capital, Delhi, has gained International recognition. World famous pop star, Rihanna tweeted in support of the protesting Indian farmers on Tuesday, after which there was a series of Tweets from internationally acclaimed stars like Mia Khalif and also from the niece of US’ Vice President, Kamala Harris. Ex-Indian cricketer, Pragyan Ojha did not receive Rihanna’s tweet in a happy way. He tweeted came out to tweet against the pop star.

He wrote: “My country is proud of our farmers and knows how important they are, I trust it will be addressed soon. We don’t need an outsider poking her nose in our internal matters!” replying to Rihanna’s tweet.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My country is proud of our farmers and knows how important they are, I trust it will be addressed soon. We don’t need an outsider poking her nose in our internal matters!</p>&mdash; Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) <a href="https://twitter.com/pragyanojha/status/1356697584291639296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This tweet by Ojha wasn’t received very well by a lot of people who are supposedly the sympathizers of the farmers’ movement. He received a lot of flak from the people on Twitter.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On one hand saying Poor Farmer&#39;s Protesting for MSP Price<br>On other hand saying Internet disconnected, cannot use iPod.<br><br>How do they correlate??? <a href="https://twitter.com/RatanSharda55?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@RatanSharda55</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Aabhas24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@Aabhas24</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ShefVaidya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@ShefVaidya</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rvaidya2000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@rvaidya2000</a><a href="https://twitter.com/vivekagnihotri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@vivekagnihotri</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sankrant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@sankrant</a><a href="https://twitter.com/sgurumurthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@sgurumurthy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kumarnandaj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@kumarnandaj</a> <a href="https://t.co/oQ8COSN3L2" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/oQ8COSN3L2</a></p>&mdash; Ramaswamy Iyer 🇮🇳 (@iyer_rn) <a href="https://twitter.com/iyer_rn/status/1356837062213738496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="hi" dir="ltr">पिक 1 - तुम्हारी पिच ऐसे खोद दी जाए<br><br>पिक 2 - और तुम्हारे रास्ते में ऐसे तीखे धारदार नुकेले सरिए बिछा दियें जाएं तो तुम्हें कैसा लगेगा क्रिकेटर बाबू ??<br><br>और हाँ, भारत की मौजूदा सरकार और उसके भक्तगण, समर्थक तो किसानों को आतंकवादी एंव खालिस्तानी मानते हैं, किस गर्व की बात कर रहे हो? <a href="https://t.co/6adzshJ6os" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/6adzshJ6os</a></p>&mdash; Ashok Kumar Gehlot ( Lakhera ) (@SimplyAshokKr) <a href="https://twitter.com/SimplyAshokKr/status/1356805172639371267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your Country clearly has too much love for farmers! lmfao <a href="https://t.co/jnCf8F1nrJ" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/jnCf8F1nrJ</a></p>&mdash; Manpreet (@Manpree38597764) <a href="https://twitter.com/Manpree38597764/status/1356701259240202240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Earlier today, Ojha also suggested that Kuldeep Yadav must get a chance in the team alongside Ashwin.