Farhan Akhtar Apologizes For Sharing an 'Inaccurate' Map of India While Protesting Against CAA and NRC-View Tweet

Farhan Akhtar has been at the receiving end of incessant trolling by the social  media users regarding his latest tweet. The actor has been quite active in taking a bold stand against the violence projected by Delhi Police against the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University on Sunday. The actor urged everyone to join him to join him in a protest to be held on Thursday at August Kranti Maidan. However, while posting this he shared an 'inaccurate' map of India and got trolled for the same. However, in the latest tweet, he also apologized for the same. Alia Bhatt and Sonakshi Sinha Share 'Preamble of India', Slam Police Action Against Students Protesting Citizenship Amendment Act (View Posts).

In a note, he wrote, "I recently posted a message about a protest meeting on December 19th with a repost of a graphic about the meeting. While I stand by the text, I have only just noticed that the map of India on the graphic is inaccurate. "Every inch and part of Kashmir is a part of India and I reject the inaccurate map. I regret not noticing this earlier. My sincerest apologies for the oversight." Anti-CAA Protests: Parineeti Chopra Takes a Bold Stand, Says 'Forget CAB We Need to Pass a Bill to Not Call Our Country a Democracy Anymore'.

Check Out The Tweet:

Farhan Akhtar Urges Netizens To Join The Protest

While most of the Bollywood bigwigs have been silent on the issue, there are some of the celebs who have voiced against the violence. Javed Akhtar, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, Pulkit Samrat, Alia Bhatt are some of the known names to have voiced against the violence against the students at the university.

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