Rohit Shetty On Delhi’s Communal Riots: Best Thing for India Right Now Should be to Stay Silent

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) that was mandated by the Parliament of India on December 11, 2019, which saw a lot of criticism from the citizens across the country. Many questioned the Indian government for passing the bill and several celebrities stood in solidarity for the protests.

However, the passing of CAA has taken a nasty turn leading to violence and communal riots in certain parts of Delhi. While the whole issue has seen divided remarks from the Bollywood stars Rohit Shetty was asked about his stand on the following at the trailer launch of his upcoming film Sooryavanshi. Surprisingly, the film also addresses the theme of communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims

Speaking about the issue the director has urged the public to ‘stay silent’ in order to avoid further chaos.

Rohit tried dodging the question at first as he said,

It is a very serious issue and a lot of people are talking about it. The best thing right now for all of us would be to stay silent. Our officials, the government, our people are there... To talk about what's happening there is easy while laughing and doing the event here (in Mumbai), so the best thing right now for the entire India should be to stay silent.

Everyone's been saying that the chaos is only increasing. If we stay silent, things will fall in place. There's a CM, others are there. Has anyone seen riots? You'll be petrified. I can give a lecture, people will pat my back, but right now we all should stay silent about this for a few days. Let things sort out, then we all can speak"

- Rohit Shetty

The past several weeks have been very intense for Delhi as the Indian capital has witnessed sectarian violence in reaction to CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), an act passed by the Indian Parliament last December to grant citizenship rights to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries.