The protests against the Citizenship (CAA) turned violent in various parts of India with incidents of people vandalizing public property and setting vehicles on fire. On Tuesday, locals in North-East Delhi's Seelampur and Zaffarabad clashed with the police and vandalized at least three buses and set ablaze a police motorcycle along with other vehicles. As a measure to control the mob, police resorted to tear gas shelling.
Amidst the news of CAA protests intensifying, Twitter users pointed out that Bollywood stars, especially superstars like the Khans aka Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan were under the radar. Amitabh Bachchan was also questioned and Deepika Padukone's name also came up. Anupam Kher, who often has a stand over matters, was also questioned on his silence in the matter.
"These Bollywood "influencers" come to the citizens as soon as their film is about to release. These people become their audience. But when this audience faces any difficulty, they remain absolutely silent," stated a Twitterati who goes by the name of Atoshi.
However, some Bollywood stars did take to Twitter to voice their opinion on the current state of affairs. Actor Varun Dhawan and Hrithik Roshan are the latest celebs to voice their opinions on the much-debated issue.
Hrithik Roshan expressed his concerns over the raging protests on the microblogging site, writing “I am deeply saddened by the unrest across various educational institutions of our country”. Varun Dhawan, on the other hand, was highly diplomatic and non-committal in his response, saying, I am trying to be ‘responsible’ in what I say.
Ayushmann Khurrana, joint winner of the award for Andhadhun, tweeted: “Deeply disturbed about what the students went through and I strongly condemn this. All of us have the right to protest and exercise our fundamental freedom of expression. However, protests also cannot turn violent and lead to destruction of public property. That simply is counterproductive. Dear countrymen, this is the land of Gandhi. Ahimsa is and should be the tool to express. Have faith in democracy.”
