Twitterati Divided Over Celebrities Speaking Up Vs Those Maintaining Silence Over Anti-CAA Protests, Trend #ShameOnBollywood 

In the past few days, the tensions surrounding the Citizenship Amendment Act took a serious turn after students from Delhi's Jamia Millia University held protests which resulted in a violent police action being taken by the police. While netizens condemned Delhi Police's actions of using batons and teargas to disperse crowds, there were also a few Bollywood celebrities who responded to the same. In the past too, we have seen how social media users have called out celebrities on their silence relating to political matters. 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'.

Once again celebrities were targeted by netizens for not commenting on CAA and Twitterati are now trending '#ShameOnBollywood'. What's interesting is that netizens are divided over celebrities taking a stand and celebrities taking the 'right' stand. While several users slammed big stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and others for not speaking about the recent issue, there are also others who have been trolling actors for taking a diplomatic stand. Check out what Twitterati are tweeting here.  Anti-CAA Protests at Jamia Millia Islamia University: Swara Bhasker, Konkona Sen Sharma and Other Bollywood Celebs Come in Support of Students.

Bollywood Business:

Why are Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan Silent?

Bollywood's Hypocricy:

Speak Up!

Irrespective of the backlash they may be receiving now, celebrities such as Parineeti Chopra, Siddharth, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rajkummar Rao have spoken about the issue. Stay tuned to see if other A-list actors also comment on the same.

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