'What¡¯s Happening Right Now In India Is Tragic For Its Future', Laments Mahesh Bhatt

A few days ago Mahesh Bhatt joined the bandwagon of celebrities criticising the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Not only that, he along with Congress leader Sanjay Jha joined a protest meet in Mumbai.

"We believe Citizenship Amendment Bill is discriminatory and it violates the constitutional values. We don't accept this bill and if it becomes a law we shall boycott its execution. We pledge not to submit any documents if asked to prove our citizenship," he has said in a video doing the rounds.

Thanks @MaheshNBhatt for taking this pledge and kicking off a national campaign against Citizenship Amendment.

Let's all take this pledge and invite another person to defend our constitution and boycott CAB based NRC.

I begin with @pbhushan1 pic.twitter.com/82qKR9gnDW

¡ª Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) December 15, 2019

Before the press meet, he had shared on Twitter, "We the people of India , having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.(At Ambedkar's abode. After reading the Preamble of our Constitution) (sic)."

We the people of India , having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.( At Ambedkar¡¯s abode . After reading the Preamble of our Constitution.) ?@ShashiTharoor? ?@JhaSanjay? ?@mathewmantony? pic.twitter.com/OsFoagg3PI

¡ª Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) December 15, 2019

Now, in another tweet, Mahesh Bhatt quoted a Time magazine article written by author Ian Bremmer to assert, ¡°from a humanitarian perspective, what¡¯s happening right now in India is tragic, particularly for the country¡¯s roughly 200 million Muslims. But it¡¯s also tragic for India¡¯s future¡ªboth as a functioning and inclusive democracy¡±.

Mahesh Bhatt shared this from the article along with the link to the story which is titled ¡°I Argued That Narendra Modi Was India's Best Hope for Economic Reform. Things Have Changed".

Make no mistake: from a humanitarian perspective, what¡¯s happening right now in India is tragic, particularly for the country¡¯s roughly 200 million Muslims. But it¡¯s also tragic for India¡¯s future¡ªboth as a functioning and inclusive democracy. https://t.co/TlqjUoGmES

¡ª Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) December 21, 2019

Expressing concern over the nationwide protests, Mahesh Bhatt's borther Mukesh Bhatt recently told ANI that he was "personally very upset from CAA". He said, "Entire country is weeping, entire country is burning. If you still can't see anything then it is unfortunate."

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Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj also shared his opinion on the current political situation. He told IANS, "The current scenario is grim as people are being divided on the basis of religion, which is not the India I grew up in."

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Several Bollywood celebrities united at the August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai on December 19 to take part in the protests. Farhan Akhtar, Swara Bhasker, Huma Qureshi, Suhasini Mulay, Kabir Khan, Siddharth, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Jim Sarbh, Javed Jaffrey, Sanjay Suri, Sushant Singh and Anubhav Sinha had voiced out their opinion against the new amendment to the act. Many of them including Huma Qureshi later thanked Mumbai Police for conducting the demonstation peacefully.