Rajkummar Rao on student protests: Strongly condemn violence against students, citizens have the right to protest peacefully

Actor Rajkummar Rao has reacted to the ongoing student protest movement against the Citizen Amendment Bill. Rao took to Twitter on Monday to condemn police brutality on students of Jamia Milia University, Delhi. 

"I strongly condemn the violence that the police have shown in dealing with the students. In a democracy, the citizens have the right to peacefully protest.I also condemn any kind of act of destruction of the public properties. Violence is not the solution for anything!(sic)” Rao tweeted. 

The actor joins a host of other prominent actors and directors of Bollywood in condemning the violence that has been meted out on students of Jamia and Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday. 

Interestingly, Rao, with his tweet, seems to be the only actor so far to have responded to fellow actress Sayani Gupta tweet. 

Earlier in the day, Gupta had shared a viral picture of Bollywood celebrities with PM Modi asking them to respond to the current chaos. Sharing the picture she wrote, "On behalf of the students of Jamia & AMU request at least one of you to tweet or message Mr.Modi condemning this act of police brutality and violence against students. The time has come to speak up guys. Yes? No? May be? @RanveerOfficial @karanjohar @ayushmannk @RajkummarRao"

The now-famous selfie with PM Modi featured some of the most prominent actors of Bollywood including Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Bhumi Pednekar, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor and others. 

After Sunday’s clash between the students and the police, the selfie has been shared widely on social media with many urging celebrities to react and support the students and condemn violence.