Bollywood actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra has joined the list of celebrities to express their concerns over the police repression on JMI and AMU’s student protests.
The actor took to her Twitter on Wednesday, December 18 and emphasized the importance of independent voices, “We have raised them to have a voice,” she said.
Expressing her solidarity with the students and expressing her anguish on the situation of the country Priyanka wrote
“In a thriving democracy, to raise one’s voice peacefully and be met with violence is wrong. Every voice counts.”
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) December 18, 2019
After minutes of her tweet, fans admired her for voicing her opinion on the matter even at the expense of being targeted by internet Nazis.
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All they do is just look into the mirror 20 times a day and when they’re asked they say we have electricity and we have access to everything, we are privileged, why should we be bothered about the country. Some of them even brag about it, that we are artists, we should not be concerned about the nation, they should be dragged for this and that is why I have come out in the open to question them.
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