Pop star Rihanna, who allegedly accepted a payment of Rs. 18 crores for tweeting in support of the fake farmers’ protests may very well have her fortunes originating out of India plummeting, as authorities begin cracking down on RiRi and her business interests in India. It was the pop star who became the first major international celebrity to without knowledge rise in support of the farmers protesting on the borders of Delhi. What soon followed was a naked display of ignorance and illiteracy, as the West and its ‘stars’ took to virtue signalling India and its ‘fascist regime’ over their handling of the farmers’ protest.
Now, acting on a complaint from NGO Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has initiated action against Rihanna’s cosmetics brand ‘Fenty Beauty’. NCPCR chairman Priyank Kanoongo told ThePrint they are looking into the matter and “would do the needful”. Kanoongo said the NCPCR had sought response and clarification from the industry body, Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI). “We have received a response on email from RMI that the supply chain that provides mica to Fenty Beauty is not registered with them,” he said.
The RMI, which is a global coalition for action to enable responsible and sustainable mica supply chain in India free of child labour, was approached by the NCPCR for clarification following a complaint by LRO which alleged that Fenty Beauty does not have supply chain clearance certification (SCCC) from at least two crucial agencies.
“As per reports, US pop star Rihanna’s beauty product ‘Fenty Beauty’ uses blood mica from Jharkhand in which child labourers work in dire conditions. To ascertain that the mica is free of child labour, there are certificate agencies. But media reports say that Fenty Beauty don’t have supply chain clearance certification (SCCC) from either of the two,” the LRO complaint stated.
In a tweet, LRO had said that Rihanna’s cosmetic product company, which is now under investigation by the NCPCR, procures mica from Jharkhand’s Kodarma, Girdih and Navada. Essentially, Rihanna, whose conscience was supposedly shaken by visuals of India’s farmers out on the roads protesting for their livelihoods is the same person whose beauty company allegedly uses children below the age of 14 for mining purposes in extremely hostile regions. If true, Rihanna’s company itself, and its mica supplies could be frozen by the Modi government, which will lead to incredible losses for the pop star whose career is hardly flourishing at the moment.