With protests erupting against the amended Citizenship Act in different parts of the country, actor and singer Farhan Akhtar on Wednesday announced that he will take part in a demonstration against the law on Thursday.
The actor took to Twitter on Wednesday and said that the time to protest on social media is now over.
Here’s what you need to know about why these protests are important. See you on the 19th at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai. The time to protest on social media alone is over. pic.twitter.com/lwkyMCHk2v
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) December 18, 2019
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“Here’s what you need to know about why these protests are important. See you on the 19th at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai. The time to protest on social media alone is over,” read Akhtar’s tweet.
Alongside the tweet, he shared a graphic describing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Other celebrities like Mahesh Bhatt and Sushant Singh have also joined the protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
Koi tarazu aisi bhi banaayi jaaye, jispar
Insaaniyat aur siyaasat saath toli jaaye– Neelesh Jain pic.twitter.com/NV8Dt925cT
— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) December 17, 2019
Meanwhile, several other celebrities expressed solidarity with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia and slammed the way police handled the protests which were organised against the amended citizenship act.
Wonder if this is a start or the end. Whatever it is, this is surely writing new rules of the land and those who don’t fit in can very well see the consequences.
This video breaks heart n hopes all together. Irreversible damage,and I’m not talking about just the life n property https://t.co/QGaZYpDCR6— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) December 16, 2019
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) December 16, 2019
What is happening in our country should make us all hang our heads in shame. Shame. Now is the time to come together and act as one nation, one people, one country. NOW.
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) December 16, 2019
I stand in solidarity with the students of India. pic.twitter.com/OCl8gH276B
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) December 16, 2019
(With ANI inputs)