Indian cricketer Sandeep Sharma questions the 'logic' behind the criticism of Rihanna; deletes the tweet later

The ongoing farmers’ protest in the country has created a furore on social networking sites as many cricket players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and many more took to their official Twitter handle to raise their voice in support of the country against the outside noises. The whole fiasco started with international music sensation Rihanna tweeting in the support of the farmers.

This was followed by the cricketers urging the Indian citizens to stand united with the government and not let any external force harm the unity of the country. They also reckoned that the tension between the farmers and the central government can be solved by peaceful talks.

However, contrary to his contemporaries, the right-arm quick, Sandeep Sharma voiced his support for Rihanna and slammed the people who opined that this is the internal matter of India. The 27-year-old posted his views on the ongoing protest on his official Twitter handle with the caption, “By this logic no one should care about each other because every situation is someone’s internal affair.”

Sandeep Sharma deletes his tweet

The image posted by Sandeep read, “Many people, including the Indian External Affairs Ministry, have criticized the famous singer Rihanna for having supported the Indian farmers, saying it is the internal affair of India. But by that logic, no one outside Germany should have criticized the persecution of the Jews in Germany during the Nazi era.

By that logic, no one outside Pakistan should criticize the persecution of Ahmadis, Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians in Pakistan. By that logic no one outside India should criticize the lynching and other atrocities on Muslims in India, or the massacre of Sikhs in 1984.”

“By that logic nobody outside America should criticize racialism in several parts of America and bad treatment of blacks. By that logic no one outside China should criticize the persecution of the Uighur Muslim minority in China.

“By that logic no one outside South Africa should have condemned apartheid and denial of the right to vote to blacks in South Africa when apartheid was prevailing. By that logic no one outside Burma should have criticized the persecution of Rohingyas in Burma.After all, these were internal affairs of those countries,” the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) pacer concluded.

However, after receiving flak on social media for opposing the government and not standing in solidarity with India, Sandeep deleted the tweet from his Twitter handle within a few hours.