IPS officer calls out Farhan Akhtar's lack of 'knowledge' over CAA protests

IPS officer D Roopa slammed actor Farhan Akhtar as she took to Twitter to respond to the viral video featuring the actor in the mass protests that were conducted in the city on Thursday. In the said video, as the reporter asked the actor about the government's repeated assurances to each section of the society with regard to the Citizenship Amendment Act, the actor responded by citing the protests against the new citizenship law as an indication of something being wrong with the act.

"If you go into the details, it looks like there can be something in there... If everything was okay, why would so many people be concerned?" he said of the protests. The IPS officer called out the ignorance of the actor regarding the tenets of the CAA.

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Take a look at her tweet:

Farhan Akhtar spoke about the anti-CAA protest

Farhan also said, "As a citizen of the country and as somebody who was born and has grown up with a certain idea of India is, it is important for me to raise my voice... If everything was ok, why would so many people turn up? Not just in Mumbai, but Delhi, Assam, Bangalore, Hyderabad." However, on Wednesday, the actor took to his Twitter account and shared a detailed note explaining the reasons for the nationwide protests against the CAA. He announced that he will be partaking in a protest to be held on Thursday at August Kranti Maidan.

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Have a look at his tweet:

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