Swara appeals to protect JNU; Pooja reflects on B'wood-Goyal meet

Swara Bhaskar appealed people to gather in large numbers at the campus gate to stop mob violence, Pooja Bhatt made a lacerating comment on b-town personalities, after a mob armed with sticks, stones and sharp weapons attacked students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in south Delhi.

Mumbai: Actor Swara Bhaskar who is graduate of Jawarharlal University tweeted a video in which she is appealed people to gather in large numbers at the campus gate to stop mob violence. Pooja Bhatt, on the other hand, made a lacerating comment on the members of the Bollywood industry who attended the talk and dinner session on Citizenship law arranged two BJP leaders.

"Urgent appeal!!!! To all Delhiites PLS gather in large numbers outside the Main Gate of JNU campus on Baba Gangnath Marg.. to pressure the govt. & #DelhiPolice to stop the rampage by alleged ABVP masked goons on JNU campus. PLS PLS share to everyone in Delhi! 9 pm on 5th. Jan," Swara Bhasker tweeted.

"There is a terror attack on JNU by goons who are allegedly ABVP and RSS backed goons, they have covered their faces... Videos show they are on a rampage inside hostels, they have attacked teachers, they are attacking students..." said Swara Bhaskar.

Alluding to a talk and dinner session on the CAA hosted for b-town personalities by two BJP leaders, Pooja Bhatt tweeted, "To members of my supposed 'fraternity' who were meant to opine & dine with the ruling party this evening, trust you implored them to curtail the violence unfolding across the nation. Or at the very least, as part of the 'scrumptious' meal on offer, help yourselves to some humble pie."

Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and BJP vice president Jay Panda met with a number of Bollywood personalities including Kailash Kher and Urvashi Rautela at the five-star hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai to discuss "myths and realities" linked to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA. "The agenda of the meeting will be to facilitate a discussion on myths and realities pertaining to the Citizenship Amendment Act," reads the invitation for the event. "Meeting will be followed by dinner," it reads.

Among the big names from Bollywood who were invited for the event were Richa Chadda, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Kabir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, Madhur Bhandarkar, Boney Kapoor and Prahlad Kakkar.

Celebrities such as Swara Bhasker Anurag Kashyap, Nikkhil Advani and Sushant Singh, who have openly spoken out against the citizenship law, were not on the guest list.

The mob attack at JNU on Sunday left at least 30 students and a dozen faculty members injured; they are being treated at AIIMS in Delhi. The JNU Students' Union has alleged the BJP-link students' body ABVP and the ruling party's ideological mentor RSS is behind the attack. The ABVP has denied the allegation.