Anurag Kashyap & Rajkummar Rao Condemn Violence On Jamia students, Call Government ‘Fascist’

The entire nation is shaken after seeing the blood-stained pictures that have flooded the internet from Jamia protests last evening.

The police entered Jamia Millia Islamia University after a protest against the amended Citizenship Act spiraled out of control on Sunday evening. More than hundred people, including students, policemen, and firemen, were injured as violence erupted during the protest.?

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap was among many actors and voices from the entertainment industry. He had quit Twitter in August but returned today, only to make his voice heard.

He reacted to the Jamia protests and termed the Narendra Modi’s government “fascist” over the police crackdown on the students of Jamia Milia and Aligarh Muslim University following their protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.?

“This has gone too far... (I) can’t stay silent any longer. This government is clearly fascist... and it makes me angry to see voices that can actually make a difference stay quiet..” he tweeted on his return to the site.

Actor Rajkummar Rao also reacted and wrote,

“I strongly condemn the violence that the police have shown in dealing with the students. In a democracy, the citizens have the right to peacefully protest. I also condemn any kind of act of destruction of the public properties. Violence is not a solution for anything!”

Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra was another Bollywood personality who posted his opinion,?

“In 1987 I made a film called Yeh Woh Manzil Toh Nahin on the background of student politics. Towards the climax, the police enter the campus and brutally beat up the students. Nothing has changed. Terrible that now we know where the flowers are gone. Crushed !”

Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar courted controversy, when he distanced himself from a post on Twitter that made fun of Delhi police’s crackdown on the students of Jamia Milia. Akshay said he had accidentally liked the tweet with the caption, ”Badhai Ho... Jamia me Azaadi mili hai”. The user had posted a video of showing students running away from police personnel.

He clarified his stance and wrote,

“Regarding the ‘like’ on the tweet of Jamia Milia students, it was by mistake. I was scrolling and accidentally it must have been pressed and when I realized I immediately unliked it as in no way do I support such acts,” the actor said. Well, the damage was already done as after his response, #CanadianKumar started trending on Twitter with many criticizing the actor for liking the tweet that praised police crackdown on students.