Veteran Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon, who joined the growing overseas chorus of solidarity with India’s protesting farmers on Saturday, has linked the contentious farm laws to “corporate greed”.

Tweeting an article on the clampdown on the protests, Sarandon said: “Corporate greed & exploitation knows no bounds, not only in the US but worldwide. While they work w/ corp media & politicians to silence the most vulnerable, we must let India’s leaders know the world is watching & we #StandWithFarmers! #FarmersProtests.” She tagged the PMO and agriculture minister N.S. Tomar.

The Narendra Modi government’s attempts to stop such comments from overseas by calling the farmers’ protest an internal matter of India has not had the desired results yet.

Since the external affairs ministry issued a statement on Wednesday telling foreigners to keep off the subject, even the leadership of the US Congressional India Caucus has spoken, taking the matter up with the Indian ambassador in Washington, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading the farmers’ movement, said: “It is a shame that at the behest of the government, some people want to suppress this movement by calling it an ‘internal matter’ but it is necessary to understand that in a democracy, people are superior, not the government.”

On Sunday, the Morcha moved to Bhiwani Dadri in Haryana for a kisan mahapanchayat where convener Darshan Pal said it was necessary to hit the NDA government where it hurt most by bringing down the coalition government in Haryana.

The Morcha had early on in the movement issued a call to boycott the BJP and its ally JJP in Haryana, but it has begun targeting the RSS-BJP directly since January 26. It is convinced that the violence on the day in Delhi was orchestrated to discredit the agitation, which had been peaceful for 60 days.