Following an instance of vandalism and violence at the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, the key suspect in the case has been arrested. Apparently some Bollywood stars also heard of it, and are lauding Pakistan for the move. In the same vein, they are also demanding that India do the same in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) incident.
Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu remarked that India should follow suit and do the same, following the arrest in the Nankana case.
Chalo ab humaari baari. https://t.co/6kb42IqQyi
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) January 6, 2020
This was followed by Sonam Kapoor liking her tweet.
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Plenty of other people liked the idea as well.
FIR 6/2020 under section 295A/290/291/341/506/148/149 PPC, 6 sound system act & 7ATA has been registered against him at Nanakana Police Station.
Hope for such an act to never be repeated against any place of worship or people.
55 other mobsters booked.
— Babar Jalandhari ਬਾਬਰ ਜਲੰਧਰੀ (@BabarJalandhari) January 6, 2020
Of course, bigots took the tweet out of context.
Haan chalo Kashmiri Pandits k kaatilon ko faansi dete Hain. Bahut Saal ho Gaye insaaf ki guhaar karte karte. Wat say @taapsee
— Nitiksha Sharma नितिक्षा शर्मा (@SharmaNitiksha) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/ashishsuraece/status/1214448806080565249
Some more trolling was had.
https://twitter.com/Sarkar563/status/1214210762916237316
https://twitter.com/trollAndhBhakt/status/1214182527063085059
https://twitter.com/BismilHameed/status/1214725214040395782
Then there were calls to ‘save yourself because tweeting against the government is risky..
https://twitter.com/PrabhdeepSidana/status/1214532604713504770
Plenty of artists like Vishal Bharadwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dia Mirza, Rahul Bose, Richa Chadha stood in support of the BNU protests.
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Deepika Padukone even attended the protests.
JNU Case
Masked assailants wielding batons and iron rods attacked staff and students at New Delhi’s JNU yesterday. According to AFP, an estimated 28 students and teachers were injured.
Later, doctors and nurses from a nearby hospital who went to treat them were also attacked.
The attackers are said to be part of a Bhartiya Janata Party-affiliated student group. With the lack of action in the case, university students organized protests demanding accountability. BJP supporters have dubbed the JNU protests ‘anti-nationalist’.
The Indian state is already facing major nationwide protests against a new citizenship bill, Citizen Amendment Bill (CAB 2019) that critics say is anti-Muslim.
