CAA protest: Chetan Bhagat, Harbhajan Singh among celebs who speak out

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, December 19

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A host of celebrities from actors and cricketers to writers have voiced their opinion on the Citizenship Act and the violence that broke out in Delhi in the fast few days.

Author Chetan Bhagat has been very vocal on the citizenship law and compared it to a life jacket.

CAA is a life jacket.

NRC is everyone being pushed out of the plane as they have to prove themselves all over again.

But Muslims don’t get the life jacket.

Distributing life jackets is not the problem. Giving them only to a few and pushing everyone off the plane is.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 19, 2019

CAA by itself not the issue.
But CAA+NRC is discriminatory. This could happen.

NRC:
All prove again u r Indian

Non-Muslim: sir I don’t have documents
Govt: it’s ok. CAA will save you. U are indian.

Muslim: sir I don’t have documents
Govt: too bad.U are not indian.Get out.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 19, 2019

Why is an law like CAA, technically meant for foreigners affecting Indians so much?

Cause another law called NRC is coming, which essentially assumes all Indians are foreigners unless they can prove otherwise.

This needs to be fixed.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 19, 2019

Investor sentiment.
Ease of doing business.
Growth mindset.
Entrepreneurial spirit.
Business confidence.
Job creation
India’s global image
The economy
Vikaas

What’s happening to all this today? Worth it?

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 19, 2019

“CAA is a life jacket. NRC is everyone being pushed out of the plane as they have to prove themselves all over again.  But Muslims don’t get the life jacket. Distributing life jackets is not the problem. Giving them only to a few and pushing everyone off the plane is,” Bhagat tweeted.

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh called for peace.

“All I am saying is maintain the peace..this should stop it’s not doing good for anyone.i am sure there is a other ways to solve this issue rather then being violent.. it’s a request to you all students and police and authorities,” he tweeted.

Below are more tweets on the Citiznship Act protest by celebs.

All I am saying is maintain the peace..this should stop it’s not doing good for anyone.i am sure there is a other ways to solve this issue rather then being violent.. it’s a request to you all students and police and authorities 🙏

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 19, 2019

His crime is that he is a human.. it so sad to hear from him what he is gone thru..very sad for what’s happening in delhi this needs to stop https://t.co/M08JdRH8kc

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 19, 2019

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— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) December 18, 2019

As a parent and a citizen of india , I am deeply saddened by the unrest across various educational institutions of our country. I hope and pray for peace to return as soon as possible. Great teachers learn from their students. I salute the worlds youngest democracy.

— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) December 18, 2019

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
With the students and their democratic rights to protest ! I condemn violence against protesting students!!!!!

— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) December 16, 2019

The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to ideals of democracy and constitutionalism. Please keep the protests non-violent and those in governance please exercise restraint. Our children and students should feel safe on their campuses protected and not fearful of the police.

— Soha Ali Khan (@sakpataudi) December 17, 2019

BARBARIC! UNDEMOCRATIC! UNSECULAR! That’s what we are turning into! Not the India I was born in! #UnityIsOurReligion #IStandWithJamiaMilliaStudents

— Pulkit Samrat (@PulkitSamrat) December 17, 2019

Jawab Do pic.twitter.com/bYiboSRVDn

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) December 19, 2019

Please don’t make the protests into a celebrity march . It has beenlead by people from all walks of life , especially students and the young . The celebrities should walk behind the people . The young should lead the old .

— Sudhir Mishra (@IAmSudhirMishra) December 19, 2019

By shutting down internet , metros, arresting people .. you are just being an ostrich … the voices will only get louder .. #Emergency2019

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) December 19, 2019