As protests against CAA turn violent, Alia, Varun, Ayushmann, Vicky call for maintaining peace

On Tuesday, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests turned violent after locals in East Delhi's Seelampur and Zaffarabad reportedly pelted stones the police and vandalised at least three buses and set ablaze a police motorcycle along with other vehicles. The police retaliated with tear gas shelling.

The protests turning into violence were uncalled for and many objected to the same. Bollywood celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha, Vikrant Massey, among others, spoke back on the incident and urged people to maintain peace.

Here, take a look:

Jai hind pic.twitter.com/mvDKpj7Z4z

— Varun Dhawan (@Varundvn) December 17, 2019

This! pic.twitter.com/X8qj9sCdEO

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) December 16, 2019

What is happening is not okay. The way it’s happening is not okay. People have every right to peacefully voice their opinion. This violence and disruption is both saddening and concerning as a fellow citizen. In no circumstance, must our faith in democracy be shaken.

— Vicky Kaushal (@vickykaushal09) December 16, 2019

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!

— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) December 16, 2019

My heart goes out to all the students back home in Delhi. In a democracy like ours, its sad to see violence against citizens for voicing their opinion through peaceful protests. There should be no place for violence of any form & intent in our country. I strongly condemn this act

— Sidharth Malhotra (@SidMalhotra) December 16, 2019

Not at all sir ! I'm aware of the situation and when I said "There should be no place for violence of any form & intent..." it includes the students who took to vandalism as well. https://t.co/RqFeiVa6LX

— Sidharth Malhotra (@SidMalhotra) December 16, 2019

If this is what’s gonna happen everytime a citizen expresses their view, forget #CAB, we should pass a bill and not call our country a democracy anymore! Beating up innocent human beings for speaking their mind? BARBARIC.

— Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) December 17, 2019

This is what we were, what we are and what we MUST remain! #neverforget pic.twitter.com/itmacCC9qV

— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) December 17, 2019

This is a picture of students from #JamiaMilia holding photos of #Ambedkar & #Gandhi opposing the #CAA2019

We haven’t forgotten our roots.

And we will fight to regain the lost sanity of this proud country #StandWithJamia #Delhiviolence pic.twitter.com/gOCh0B7Cnw

— Vikrant Massey (@masseysahib) December 15, 2019

Anurag Kashyap, Vir Das, Richa Chadha, Pulkit Samrat, Nimrat Kaur, Ali Fazal, Konkona Sen Sharma, Dia Mirza and Manoj Bajpayee were also among some of those who took a strong stand on the matter. Birthday boy Riteish Deshmukh shared a message on Twitter, while Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub held a press conference to speak on the matter. A Twitter user by the name of Prashant Kumar shared a video from the press conference.

See it all here:

This has gone too far.. can’t stay silent any longer . This government is clearly fascist .. and it makes me angry to see voices that can actually make a difference stay quiet ..

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) December 16, 2019

In All THESE chaos of NRC and CAB, #CitizenshipAmendmentBill I am most concern and deeply saddened that the fundamental "identity" of ours as human is massacred. In this fight no body will win. Everybody will loose. The greatest loss of our times will be humanity itself.

— Adil hussain (@AdilHussain) December 10, 2019

Dear Govt,

If you're looking for non-violent discourse and debate...quit shutting down the internet. Last i checked, it was more thinking and talking...less bleeding.

Young people can't set the internet on fire and you can't lathi charge the internet.

What say?

— Vir Das (@thevirdas) December 16, 2019

Kerala, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jadavpur Kolkata, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Aligarh, Delhi, Mumbai. Kashmiris are not allowed to protest... People, students all over are protesting against the . Don't be in denial.

— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) December 15, 2019

JNU, FTII, AMU, Nalanda, BHU, Cotton University, Jamia Milia ... scared of students much? This is not a coincidence.

— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) December 15, 2019

He was protecting the girls, trying to calm the situation down and the cops brutally hit him.. repeatedly. Delhi police have lost any sympathy they may have had ever. This is shameful, attacking your own students. https://t.co/TG4U4HtEbr

— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) December 15, 2019

BARBARIC! UNDEMOCRATIC! UNSECULAR! That’s what we are turning into! Not the India I was born in! 

— Pulkit Samrat (@PulkitSamrat) December 17, 2019

Suspend. Rape. Burn. Clash. Mob. Violence. Ban. Lynch. Curfew. Silence. Protest. India.

— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) December 16, 2019

I cant sleep while my country burns . @DelhiPolice @ArvindKejriwal sir can you not release orders to stop this with immediate effect. God i sound like a moron begging on twitter.

— Ali Fazal M / @alifazal9) December 16, 2019

Its funny,i felt hey ali lets play it safe all these years. And now i cant. a lot of my colleagues may not speak up at all.But i pray we all realise there is no job no career above humanity. socho, aur time kam hai toh act fast.irrespective of your political ideologies right now

— Ali Fazal M /  (@alifazal9) December 16, 2019

This is unreal. We are a secular democracy. This violence that the police have shown in dealing with the students is terrible. Citizens have the right to peacefully protest. @narendramodi @AmitShah Or that is not an option anymore ??

— Huma S Qureshi (@humasqureshi) December 16, 2019

We are with the students! Shame on you @DelhiPolice

— Konkona Sensharma (@konkonas) December 15, 2019

I stand in solidarity with the students of India. pic.twitter.com/OCl8gH276B

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) December 16, 2019

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
With the students and their democratic rights to protest ! I condemn violence against protesting students!!!!!

— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) December 16, 2019

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— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) December 16, 2019

WATCH: They are making a fool of you for their entertainment. They don’t have any work to show, Kashmir, Pak issues have now failed so to keep fooling u they r coming up with all such divisive things. Don’t get fooled, stand united: Actor Muhammad Zeeshan Ayub! ThoughtProvoking pic.twitter.com/MBqXz3ELCJ

— Prashant Kumar (@scribeprashant) December 17, 2019

While these Bollywood celebrities have spoken up on the matter, Twitterati questioned the silence of Bollywood stars like the Khans aka Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir Khan. They also asked why Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone kept mum on the matter.