Naseeruddin Shah
Kolkata: Embracing the label of an “urban naxal”, actor Naseeruddin Shah on Tuesday said govt was the real “tukde-tukde gang” and challenged its crackdown on academic spaces like JNU , SRFTI and Jamia Millia Islamia. In a video message, Shah said, “I want to ask this govt a question: What else will you do? Screenwriter and director Saeed Akhtar Mirza , too, posted a solidarity video, stating that he supports the SRFTI students in “their struggle and their strike”. Describing the strike of the SRFTI students as “legitimate” and “correct”, Mirza said, “I support them wholeheartedly.”
To break the courage of our country’s youth, to ruin educational institutions, and to put our democracy in danger, how much will you do? He warned that the ongoing oppression of students will not be forgotten and that the youth’s morale cannot be broken. Declaring that democracy and educational institutions would withstand the pressure, he concluded by offering his full support and a million salutes to the resisting youth.