Sushant Singh Dropped From Savdhaan India For Speaking Against CAA
Sushant Singh, who has been part of the long-running TV show Savdhaan India, has quit the show following his participation in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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Actor
Sushant
Singh
on
Tuesday
(December
17)
announced
that
his
association
with
long-running
TV
show
Savdhaan
India
has
ended
following
his
participation
in
the
protests
against
the
Citizenship
Amendment
Act.
The
actor,
who
has
been
part
of
the
show
as
its
host
since
2011,
shared
the
news
on
Twitter,
hinting
that
his
participation
in
the
protests
may
have
been
the
reason
behind
his
exit.
Sushant,
however,
said
it
was
a
"small
price"
to
pay
for
speaking
out.
"And,
my
stint
with
Savdhaan
India
has
ended,"
Sushant
wrote.
Commenting
on
his
post,
a
user
wondered
whether
it
was
the
"price"
he
paid
for
"speaking
the
truth".
To
this,
the
actor
said,
"A
very
small
price
my
friend.
Otherwise
how
will
you
face
Bhagat
Singh,
Sukhdev
and
Rajguru?"
Sushant
was
alluding
to
his
role
in
Rajkumar
Santoshi's
2002
film
The
Legend
of
Bhagat
Singh
in
which
he
had
portrayed
freedom
fighter
Sukhdev
opposite
Ajay
Devgn's
Bhagat
Singh
and
D'Santosh's
Rajguru.
Sushant
has
been
speaking
out
against
the
CAA.
The
actor
had
also
condemned
the
police
crackdown
on
the
students
of
Jamia
Millia
University.
Jamia
turned
into
a
battlefield
on
Sunday
as
police
entered
the
campus
and
used
force
to
quell
student
protests
against
the
Act.
Saavdhan
India
currently
airs
on
Star
Bharat
and
the
network
is
yet
to
respond
to
the
news
of
Sushant's
exit.
According
to
the
amended
act,
members
of
Hindu,
Sikh,
Buddhist,
Jain,
Parsi
and
Christian
communities,
who
had
come
from
Pakistan,
Bangladesh
and
Afghanistan
till
December
31,
2014,
and
were
facing
religious
persecution,
will
not
be
treated
as
illegal
immigrants
but
given
Indian
citizenship.