Twitterati slams Bollywood stars for failing to speak on anti-citizenship law protests – The CAA protests have only gotten worse but Bollywood stars like the Khans, Amitabh Bachchan, and Deepika Padukone remain mum on the topic
The protests against the Citizenship (CAA) turned violent in various parts of India with incidents of people vandalizing public property and setting vehicles on fire. On Tuesday, locals in North-East Delhi’s Seelampur and Zaffarabad clashed with the police and vandalized at least three buses and set ablaze a police motorcycle along with other vehicles. As a measure to control the mob, police resorted to tear gas shelling.
Amidst the news of CAA protests intensifying, Twitter users pointed out that Bollywood stars, especially superstars like the Khans aka Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan were under the radar. Amitabh Bachchan was also questioned and Deepika Padukone’s name also came up. Anupam Kher, who often has a stand over matters, was also questioned on his silence in the matter.
“These Bollywood “influencers” come to the citizens as soon as their film is about to release. These people become their audience. But when this audience faces any difficulty, they remain absolutely silent,” stated a Twitterati who goes by the name of Atoshi.
Here, see some of the tweets bashing the stars:
https://twitter.com/LaalsinghC/status/1206880124039127040
These 3 pigs have no balls to fight against evil. They worship money. #BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe pic.twitter.com/D4kv1ARewo
— Sid Singh (@Siddharth_K_S) December 17, 2019
100% true#BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe #ShameonBollywood https://t.co/mJpCEo2Obs
— shaikh samir (@samir9870) December 17, 2019
Pls remove this pic with a Turban. The turban teaches us to speak against injustice and you Sir are a spineless bigot who doesnt deserve this Turban @aamir_khan #ShameonBollywood #JamiaProtest https://t.co/NzVhTGtC9V
— Yugen – Mr. Singh (@YugenSingh) December 16, 2019
How a man becomes #Coward in just 2612 tweets #BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe pic.twitter.com/dWo441boiX
— Riyaz Ishak (@GhanchibhaiR) December 17, 2019
The Smell of Ur Hypocrisy!!
Thuuuu!!!#ShameonBollywood #BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe https://t.co/BA8h6aeqzo— Sasta Castro سستہ کاشٹرو (@baa___akhlaaq) December 17, 2019
Speak on what’s happening in country then#ShameOnBollywood #ResignAmitShah #BJPburningIndia https://t.co/AtUAHd9QzE
— Go_girl (@gorgeous_docc) December 16, 2019
Waiting for @deepikapadukone Or Kangna to grab a role of this brave girl in a film and then finally open thier god damn mouth to condemn the act of @DelhiPolice for their movie promotions #ShameonBollywood pic.twitter.com/Z6LM6mt1ir
— Being नास्तिक (@Being_nastik) December 17, 2019
This tweet has only one error and that is its upload date.otherwise it's perfect for today.#BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe pic.twitter.com/0w09EqkkjW
— Arshad Iqbal (@_arshadiqbal) December 17, 2019
#BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe https://t.co/EkyQpYhHGh
— Vishw Vajaria (@VishwVajaria) December 17, 2019
These Bollywood "influencers" come to the citizens as soon as their film is about to release. These people become their audience. But when this audience faces any difficulty, they remain absolutely silent.#BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe
— Atoshi (@Atoshiiiiii) December 17, 2019
While these stars have not spoken up, some Bollywood celebrities did talk about the matter but they also got bashed from Twitter. #ShameOnBollywood and #BollywoodKeBekaarBuddhe started trending on the micro-blogging platform for the same reason.