Hrithik Roshan has now joined the list of celebrities who have shown support for Sonam Wangchuk who has been protesting against the NEET exam leak and has been demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Hrithik’s support came amid news that Wangchuk, who has been protesting at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, was taken by the Delhi Police to Safdarjung Hospital in south Delhi on Saturday morning.
Late on Friday night, Hrithik re-shared a video of Wangchuk that actor Lisa Ray had posted and wrote, "This sounds true. I learnt about the trauma students go through when I played a teacher in one of my movies."
In the video, Wangchuk spoke about public silence over exam paper leaks and said over 20 students took their own lives. He said that students work hard all their lives to prepare for and succeed in exams for doctors and engineers.
“And even those examinations are rigged. So, it means a lot for those young souls and their families. But also it means a lot for you, because the doctors who will treat you and your children are going to be those who cheated, were never good for becoming a doctor. These engineers will build the buildings in which your grandchildren will be buried alive," he added. He said if we don’t take action today, we are ‘condemned’ to keep dying like animals.
Earlier, celebrities like Sonakshi Sinha, Kiran Rao, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Omi Vaidya and Ratna Pathak Shah, among others, had expressed solidarity with Wangchuk.
In a heartfelt video shared on social media, Sonakshi had said, "A lot of people are not saying anything but I can’t not anymore. Now whatever happens, happens, I can’t be silent.”
“Why is nobody listening? Nobody is starting a dialogue. Nobody is paying them any attention. That’s when I thought why am I silent? I am also a youth of this country. I am not anti-national,” she had added.