On the other hand, the actress was criticized for standing with ‘anti-nationalists’.<\/p>\n
Inadvertently, DG ISPR personally lauding her may have just put a target on her back. Perhaps this is why Major General Asif Ghafoor later deleted his tweet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Deepika Padukone Takes a Brave Stand with JNU Protesters<\/a><\/p>\n Pretty soon we had a new conspiracy on our hands.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajivazad\/status\/1214728728405671936<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Sunday January, 5 masked assailants wielding batons and iron rods attacked staff and students at a JNU meeting, leaving over two dozen injured. They even broke into hostels and specifically targeted left-wing students. Not even the visually impaired students were spared.<\/p>\n According to an Indian journalist, the masked mob was linked to a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) linked student group.<\/p>\n The meeting that was attacked was meeting regarding the hike in student fees. The hostel’s fee hike has turned into an ongoing issue.<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Bollywood Actors Praise Pakistan’s Handling of Nankana Case<\/a><\/p>\n Since then, many celebrities have come forth in support of BNU protests. Celebrities including Vishal Bharadwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dia Mirza, Rahul Bose, Richa Chadha, and Taapsee Pannu led hundreds of people in a peaceful protest against the violence.<\/p>\n Tapsee Pannu even called for JNU attackers to be held accountable referencing Pakistan’s move against those involved in the Nankana incident.<\/p>\n Deepika told a local media outlet that she’s proud of people taking to the streets in protests<\/p>\n \u201cI feel proud about it that people are coming out \u2013 be it on the streets or wherever they are \u2013 they are raising their voice and expressing themselves as it is important. If we want to see change in life and society, it is important that a point of view be put forward.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many lauded Deepika Padukone for standing with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protesters. One of these admirers included none other than the Director-General, Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor, who called the actress a brave woman for supporting JNU protests. The Padmavaat actress joined the students of JNU protests in New Delhi and even meet Student President […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":245066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1294,2199,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bollywood","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media","10":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"The details.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Deepika-DG-ISPR-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Deepika-DG-ISPR-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Deepika-DG-ISPR.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Lens Staff","categories_name":["Bollywood","Featured","Social Media","TV & Film"],"title_text":"Here\u2019s Why DG ISPR Praised Deepika Padukone\u2019s Heroism","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1294,2199,1291,1297&exclude=245053","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245053"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=245053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"DG](\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DGISPR-tweet.jpeg\")
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