Along with thousands of protestors gathered at Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan, Actor Swara Bhasker on Thursday took part in a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act and questioned the requirement of such law in the country.Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, the actor said that the opposition which the government is facing is only ideological. “There is a difference between opposing and abusing. This is ideological opposition, Gandhi Ji also did ideological opposition. We are raising slogans of ideological opposition. This is part of the democratic opposition, there is no problem in such protests,” the actor said.She further supported the demonstrations against CAA and said that these demonstrations are not against democracy but are strengthening the values of democracy. “These demonstrations are for the unity between Hindus, Muslims and other communities in the country. Don’t colour these demonstrations in one colour of ‘opposition’,” the actor told reporters.People in large numbers gathered in Mumbai on Wednesday to protest against the amended Citizenship Act.
Actor Farhan Akhtar also joined the protest besides Bhaskar. The CAA grants citizenship to non-Muslims of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who fled religious persecution and arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014.
