Diljit Dosanjh's song for Rihanna triggers fresh Twitter war with Kangana Ranaut

The appreciation didn't go well with actor Kangana Ranaut, who is an ardent supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government

After slamming Rihanna over her tweet, Ranaut took on Dosanjh for appreciating Rihanna.

"They also need to earn a rupee or two. Since when have you been planning this? It takes at least a month to release a song, and libru (short derogatory term for liberal) want us to believe it's all organic. Ha ha," Ranaut tweeted in Hindi sharing Dosanjh's 'Riri' post.

The 2.15-minute Punjabi song that premiered on YouTube calls Rihanna an angel and speaks of her home country Barbados.

Dosanjh also posted the song on his Twitter handle with a fist emoji which is used as a way to extend solidarity.

Ranaut took to Twitter to say that her only job is patriotism and won't let Dosanjh, whom she referred to as Khalistani "do his work".

The Punjabi actor-singer tore into Kangana Ranaut, whom she had earlier criticised for misidentifying a woman farmer at Singhu border as a Shaheen Bagh protestor alleging they could be hired for "Rs 100".

"Rs 2 (laughing emoji) Don't talk to me about your job," he quipped in Punjabi adding that the song, which was released without a video, only took half an hour to make.

"Please go. Do not bore me," he added.

In a string of responses in Hindi, Ranaut emphasised that Dosanjh is a Khalistani (terrorist).

"Desh sirf Bhartiyon ka hai, Khalistanion ka nahin, bol tu Khalistani nahin hai (This country belongs to Indians and not to Khalistanis, admit that you are not a Khalistani), please say you condemn fringe groups such as Khalistanis participating in protests. If you say this I will apologise and consider you a true patriot. Please say I am waiting #IndiaTogether," she wrote.

To this, Dosanjh replied in Punjabi: "Why are you acting like God "I won't let you". Who are you? This country doesn't belong to you alone. The country belongs to us all. Stay in your senses... I am with India. It is the government's job to check those creating mischief. You and I do not decide that."

On Tuesday night the stir was created after international pop singer Rihanna, who has 100 million followers in Twitter, shared a news article by CNN related to farmers' protest in India's national capital and wrote: "Why aren't we talking about this #FarmersProtest?"

The tweet, which drew international attention like support from teen activist Greta Thurnberg, was soon slammed by Kangana Ranaut who responded with a counter post writing: "No one is talking about it because they are not farmers they are terrorists who are trying to divide India, so that China can take over our vulnerable broken nation and make it a Chinese colony much like USA...Sit down you fool, we are not selling our nation like you dummies."

Rihanna's tweet also received flak from actors Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgn, filmmaker Karan Johar, besides a number of union ministers.

Amidst such international support for the farmers' protest against the government's agriculture laws, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday called the "social media hashtags and comments" by celebrities "neither accurate nor responsible".

In a strong-worded response, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, "Before rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge that the facts be ascertained, and a proper understanding of the issues at hand be undertaken.

"The temptation of sensionalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible."