In the past few days, many notable film personalities like Shabana Azmi, Abhay Deol, Zeenat Aman, Vir Das, and Omi Vaidya have expressed their solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk, eminent educator and environmental activist who has been on an indefinite hunger strike, despite deteriorating health, for the past many days as a form of protest against the alleged NEET paper leak scandal. Now, Imran Khan has shared his views on the subject, also expressing solidarity with students.
Taking to his Instagram page, Imran posted a series of brief notes, expressing his thoughts on the issue. He penned, “Following the conversations around the NEET scandal these past few weeks has been quite a ride... as the philosopher Mugatu so eloquently said, "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills".’
Expressing his solidarity with students, the Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na actor added, “If we expect students to take exams with integrity, then they are also owed the same degree of accountability from the bodies which oversee the process. Surely this notion is true regardless of which football team (sorry... political party) you cheer for. From the millions of students whose honest efforts were invalidated with barely a shrug; to the millions more who stood up and continue to stand against injustice... I see you. You raise your voices for the best in us, and it is my honor to stand beside you.”
On a subtly sarcastic note, Imran also added how conversations around NEET scandal ‘is not a political debate, or at least shouldn’t be.’
On the professional front, Imran is gearing for his comeback project, tentatively titled Adhure Hum Adhure Tum, which also stars Bhumi Pednekar and Gurfateh Pirzada in the lead cast. The Netflix project is being helmed by Danish Aslam, who previously worked with Imran in Break Ke Baad.
