Shabana Azmi, Prakash Raj sit in truck with CJP protesters; Kangana, Hema Malini back govt
(Credit: Instagram/@azmishabana18, ANI)Shabana Azmi is one of the few film industry celebrities who has been supporting the protest launched by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG question paper leak earlier this year. However, unlike many others, she did not limit her solidarity to social media alone and has been with the protesters on the ground. On Monday, July 20, she joined thousands of citizens in their Chalo Sansad March towards Parliament. Later in the day, she shared a post on social media showing herself and veteran actor Prakash Raj in a truck with the protesters. Expressing elation at the government’s reported agreement to “have a dialogue finally,” Shabana reiterated that it is a “peaceful protest,” refuting allegations to the contrary.Check Out | Prakash Raj addresses CJP protesters, waves Indian Constitution She also shared a video of herself walking through a large crowd of protesters. Shabana wrote, “Climbing up with the help of young colleagues to the protest site at Jantar Mantar to demand reforms within our educational system and an overhaul of the entire system. Allocate 6 per cent of GDP to education, public health and women’s empowerment to measure the success of our country.” Kaifi Azmi’s verses echo at Jantar Mantar Alongside, Shabana Azmi also shared a couple of videos of herself reciting poems by her father, Kaifi Azmi, noting that those verses reflect the cost of speaking the truth. “It acknowledges that standing for truth may lead to persecution or even death (the gallows and the noose), but then asks a deeper question: What happens after that? Depending on interpretation, it can suggest that truth outlives oppression, that martyrdom is not the end, or that those who wield punishment cannot ultimately silence the truth.”
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