Actor Juhi Chawla on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for always thinking on what is beneficial for the country. She also said that it is not only the government’s responsibility to keep the country united but each citizen’.
The protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act for the past one month have witnessed immense violence by the hooligan-like protesters. While it is a fair proposition to suggest that none of these protesters have read the piece of legislation, almost everybody on the streets seemed to portray themselves as though they have an expertise on the subject at hand. Due to the protests, public property has been vandalized to a large extent and the common Indians have been made to go through a tough time by some vested interest groups.
With an Akhand Bharat backdrop behind her, Juhi Chawla tore into these groups and political fronts which have been orchestrating protests across the nation. The event at which she was speaking was organized to counter the “Free Kashmir narrative, anti-India slogans, false propaganda and also clear the misconceptions” surrounding the Act. The backdrop also had the portrait of ‘Bharat Mata’ in it.
This is perhaps the first time a Bollywood star has not hesitated at speaking from a podium of such nationalistic setup. Apart from questioning those who orchestrated these protests, Juhi also lambasted those who were fooled into taking part in the same, and also the media, for being hungry for reactions of those whose opinion didn’t matter in the context of CAA.
“We are going to work, thinking about how to execute our task, then some incident happens somewhere and suddenly the media asks, ‘what do you think about this?’ We haven’t even understood the matter, people haven’t understood the matter but you need a reaction. Let people understand, whether it’s NRC or CAA, and what’s it about, why is this being talked about,” she said. This was aimed at a section of media which is always on the lookout for controversial statements by influential personalities to further validate the protests surrounding CAA.
