Anti-CAA protests: Mohd Zeeshan, Vishal Bhardwaj express solidarity with Jamia students

Doubling down attack on the police crackdown inside Jamia Millia Islamia University, more voices from the Indian film industry on Tuesday backed the students against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Actors Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra, veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar and filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Anurag Kashyap among others expressed solidarity with the youth over Sunday's violence inside the campus.

Thousands of students across India took to the streets demanding a probe into the use of teargas inside the Jamia library as well as police entering the campus without permission from university authorities on Sunday.

Jamia turned into a war zone on Sunday as police entered the campus and used force to quell student protests against the Act.

Ayyub, who is in the capital, expressed solidarity with Jamia and Aligarh Muslim University students and urged everyone to stand united against the contentious Act.

Targeting the administration, the "Article 15" actor said the government had nothing to show in the name of work so they are creating new villains every day.

"Today they are making villains out of Muslims. Even if you do remove them, do you think they will not make any new villains? They will keep making more villains... They have nothing to show. People are bored on Pakistan, Kashmir. They are making a fool of you for their entertainment. Don't get fooled, stand united," he said at a gathering in Press Club in New Delhi.

In response to a news video alleging Jamia students resorted to violence on Sunday, Akhtar said the police cannot enter the campus without the permission of the varsity authorities.

"By entering the Jamia campus without permission, police has created a precedence that is a threat to every university," Akhtar tweeted on Monday.

Bhardwaj tweeted, "My heart pains for the students of Jamia. Don't be silent, don't be violent."
Sonakshi, too, shared the picture of the Preamble and captioned it as: "This is what we were, what we are and what we MUST remain! #neverforget."
Varun shared an image of men belonging to different religions with 'India' written in the middle as they held hands together. He captioned it as: "Jai Hind."