MUMBAI, Jan 8 — A top Indian actress who joined students protesting against the government drew calls on social media today for a boycott of her upcoming film, as well as praise for being a rare Bollywood A-lister to stand up against a crackdown on dissent. Deepika Padukone stood silently behind...
Wednesday, 08 Jan 2020 06:15 PM MYT
MUMBAI, Jan 8 — A top Indian actress who joined students protesting against the government drew calls on social media today for a boycott of her upcoming film, as well as praise for being a rare Bollywood A-lister to stand up against a crackdown on dissent. Her act of solidarity came after masked men wielding sticks and rods stormed the JNU campus on Sunday, injuring some 30 people.
Students and some faculty blamed Sunday’s assault on a student union with ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. The student union has denied these allegations, blaming left-wing groups for the violence.
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