Farhan Akhtar takes to twitter to announce his protest against CAA-2019

Guwahati: Amid the ongoing protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, actor and singer Farhan Akhtar on Wednesday took to Twitter to announce that he will be hitting the streets to protest against CAA 2019, adding that “the time to express outrage on social media alone is over.”

The actor also mentioned that he will be partaking in a protest to be held on Thursday at August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai. “See you on the 19th at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai. The time to protest on social media alone is over,” Farhan said.

The actor also shared a graphic that sought to explain the ramifications of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizen (NRC). The graphic, however, consisted of a map of India excluding Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.

The actor later issued a clarification on the “inaccurate” description of the map, following criticism on social media. “While I stand by the text, I have only just noticed that the map of India on the graphic is inaccurate. Every inch and part of Kashmir is a part of India and I reject the inaccurate map… My sincerest apologies for the oversight,” he tweeted.

It may be mentioned that amid the nation-wide protests against the newly enacted Citizenship Act, a number of Bollywood personalities have raised their voice on the police action on students in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Mulsim University in Uttar Pradesh.

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