Sunny Leone, JNU violence Sunny Leone condemns JNU violence

A day after Deepika Padukone arrived at the Jawaharlal Nehru University to stand in solidarity with the students who got hurt in the violence, Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has also condemned the violence at the university.

The actress, who refrained from commenting on the main issue saying that she doesn't want to offend anyone, clarified that she is against violence. The actress, during an interaction with Zoom TV, further added, "The youth of the country should be protected, and not beaten."

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On Tuesday night, Deepika, who is awaiting the release of her upcoming film Chhapaak, arrived at JNU and joined the protesting students in their fight against violence. The actress was later targetted to brutal trolling and many social media users began to trend "BoycottChhapaak" on Twitter soon after.

Ajay Devgn, too, condemned the violence and told news agency PTI, "Whoever is doing it, is wrong. Violence is not a solution to anything, it’s just harming our country. What is the agenda behind it, if you know, then please tell me because whatever there is in the news is not clear."

Apart from Deepika and Sunny, many other prominent celebrities have come out in support of the protesting students. Anurag Kashyap, who has been vocal about his opinions right from the word go, also changed his Twitter display picture to a photo featuring Deepika at the protests. Many others including Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sensharma, Prakash Raj, Bhumi Pednekar, Nimrat Kaur, Vikramaditya Motwane, Nikkhil Advani, Anubhav Sinha, and Sayani Gupta flooded Deepika with praise for visiting the JNU campus.

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Meanwhile, Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Swanand Kirkire, Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Dia Mirza and Zoya Akhtar among others were photographed in Mumbai on Monday night after they joined the protests. Videos of Swananad Kirkire singing a rendition of Baavra Mann had gone viral on the internet along with many photos of the celebrities uniting on the Mumbai streets.