Reportedly on thursday, india witnessed massive protests as thousands took to the streets across cities all over the country despite prohibitory orders being enforced in many places to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens. Meanwhile multiple celebrities, including those from the film industry, also turned up to the agitations.
Furthermore kollywood actor siddharth came to Valluvar Kottam in chennai where protesters had gathered from 3 pm onwards to demonstrate against caa and NRC. He alleged that caa has given the government the right to decide who is persecuted based on their religion. Earlier in mumbai, bollywood actors Swara Bhasker, farhan akhtar, sushant singh rajput and huma qureshi came to august kranti Maidaan where crowds had swelled into thousands.
When speaking to the media, Farhan said that protest was a democratic right, and that there seemed to be “certain amount of discrimination in what has been planned and what is happening.” Apparently a few actors such as malayalam actors Parvathy, Rima Kallingal, Tovino Thomas, bollywood actors dia mirza, farhan akhtar, Swara Bhasker, singer sona mohapatra had taken clear stands for the student protesters, right to protest, and against police action.
