NEW DELHI: The niece of US vice president Kamala Harris on Wednesday tweeted her support for the ongoing farmers protests, saying that “the most populous democracy is under assault”.
Meena Harris who is a lawyer by profession and is also an author of a book took to Twitter to express concerns for the ongoing protests by the farmers in India against the contentious farm laws.

Harris responded to a video of US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez where she can be seen narrating her ordeal during the storming on US Capitol by pro-Donald Trump supporters on January 6.
“It’s no coincidence that the world’s oldest democracy was attacked not even a month ago, and as we speak, the most populous democracy is under assault. This is related. We ALL should be outraged by India’s internet shutdowns and paramilitary violence against farmer protesters,” Harris tweeted as she tagged a photograph of group of farmers protesting against the farm laws.
Drawing parallels between the the storming of the US Capitol and the crackdown on the protesting farmers, Harris said “militant nationalism is just as potent a force in US politics as it is in India or any place else.”
Recently, a couple of other international personalities have come out in support of the protesting farmers in India, including singer Rihana and environment activist Greta Thunberg.
“We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India,” Thunberg wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

The teen activist’s post on the micro-blogging site came after Rihanna shared a news article highlighting the Centre’s crackdown on the farmers by cutting off internet services in many regions. “Why aren’t we talking about this?!”, wrote Rihanna, as she added the hashtag #FarmersProtest along with the post on the micro-blogging site.