The ongoing protests against the NEET paper leak scam have slowly gained momentum all over the country, with students organising peaceful protests in many other cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Patna.
The protesting students have also now found support from many eminent film personalities across the industries. On Thursday, Kamal Haasan shared a heartfelt post, expressing his pride and solidarity for students.
Taking to his X page, Kamal Haasan penned, “We should have listened when one child cried. Instead, we waited until far too many of our children died.” Expressing his disappointment with the system, the actor added, “A system where coaching replaces learning, anxiety replaces curiosity, and criminality replaces merit is rotten. A nation has failed when its children are met with barricades and batons instead of answers.”
Extending his solidarity to the students, Kamal Haasan said, “To the children of India: You are the best of us. You have done your duty. It is now time for the country to do its duty by you. May your dreams forever be bigger than our failures.” the veteran actor also requested Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a fast since over 3 weeks, to end his fast, adding, “The nation will need your conscience for the journey ahead.”
In the past few days, many leading artists from Tamil and Malayalam industry like Mari Selvaraj, Pradeep Ranganathan, Naslen, Nazriya, Tovino Thomas, Mohanlal, and Anaswara Rajan have expressed their strong views on the protests, with many of them calling out police brutality.
In the Hindi film industry, veteran actors like Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah have been vocally supporting the students. Other actors like Ayesha Khan, Imran Khan, and Amol Parashar also participated in the protests.
