Shashi Tharoor said that Congress stood alongside with actress Deepika Padukone because of her pro-students stance
Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor speaks at a press conference in New Delhi. Picture courtesy/ PTI
The police may have been acting (or not) on orders, but who ordered the Delhi CM not to stand up for citizens’ rights to protest? Not to visit the injured? Not to object as campuses in his state became centres of carnage? Not all blame can be so easily deflected. @ArvindKejriwal https://t.co/X6LItPTZ8u
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 10, 2020
The Thiruvananthapuram MP further said that Congress stood alongside with actress Deepika Padukone because of her pro-students stance. "BJP is boycotting Deepika Padukone's move because she stood with the students. That is why we are with her and distributing free tickets to the public for the movie," Tharoor said. Deepika Padukone's film "Chhapaak", which is based on an acid attack survivor, released on January 10.
The actress was targeted by many BJP leaders for joining the protests at JNU on January 7 after a masked mob entered the varsity campus and attacked the students and teachers with sticks and rods two days earlier.
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