Topless Rihanna with a God Ganesha Necklace

New Delhi: India is witnessing further controversy after the publication of a photo of famous pop singer Rihanna with a bare chest in a lingerie ad in which she appeared in purple shorts and put a necklace on the god Ganesha, the most popular deity in India.

The new controversy sparked by the influential singer on social media, with 100 million followers on Twitter and more than 91 million on Instagram, comes after weeks of criticism leveled at her by the Indian authorities after defending protesters against the reforms agriculture in the country.

“Rihanna’s mockery of our beloved god Ganesha is a scandal,” Ram Kadam, an MP for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist Party, said on Twitter.

The ruling party’s Hindu National Council has confirmed that it has filed complaints for Twitter and Facebook to remove the photo and take action against Rihanna’s accounts.

Earlier this month, the Indian Foreign Minister took Rihanna and other world celebrities to their “scandalous” intervention on the country’s agricultural reform dossier, following tweets by Rihanna and Greta Thunberg on the demonstrations of farmers who have become widespread on the social media level.

The pop star had published a “CNN” report on the Internet shutdown in New Delhi during farmer protests, accompanied by the phrase “Why aren’t we talking about this issue” with a tag on the protests. farmers in India.

The post was retweeted over 230,000 times with over 80,000 comments. Among the personalities who reposted the tweet were Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, as well as Mina Harris, the relative of US Vice President Kamala Harris of Indian descent.