JNU Violence: Amitabh Bachchan Faces Backlash After His Cryptic Tweet, Twitterati Calls Him Spineless, Asks ‘Zameer Kaha Hai?’

While a few Bollywood celebrities such as Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha, Riteish Deshmukh condemned the brutal attack on students, Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter and shared a cryptic tweet on Jan 6. A section of Twitterati was furious and took jibes at Amitabh Bachchan and criticized him for his mute stand

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Updated on Jan 07 2020, 08:57:26

JNU Violence: Amitabh Bachchan Faces Backlash After His Cryptic Tweet, Twitterati Calls Him Spineless, Asks ‘Zameer Kaha Hai?’

The brutal attack on students on Sunday in JNU left the entire nation shocked and enraged. A group of masked men and women, allegedly associated with ABVP, armed with sticks, rods and acid, unleashed terror and violence on the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi. Several protests took place across the country and thousands of people came out to the streets condemning the violence. A few Bollywood celebrities such as Riteish Deshmukh, Swara Bhasker, Genelia D’Souza, Rajkummar Rao and others also tweeted about it expressing their anger. Most of the Bollywood biggies maintained their silence, however, Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter and shared a cryptic tweet on Jan 6.

Amitabh Bachchan’s tweet came on January 6, and was simply a folded hands emoji, leaving many confused as to what it was the megastar was trying to say. A section of Twitterati was furious and took jibes at Amitabh Bachchan and criticized him for his mute stand on the violence in JNU. Some called him spineless, some felt his onscreen personality is fake. A tweet read, “Bolo angry old man, muh kholo, kab tak khamosh rahoge, Zameer movie mein kaam kiye magar zameer kahan hai?” while another Tweet read, “What is this angry young man? Go join to support students. Or all that drama on screen was fake as fc*k?” ALSO READ:JNU Violence: Swara Bhasker, Riteish Deshmukh, Richa Chhada Are VERY ANGRY Over The Brutal Student Attack

T 3602 - 🙏
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 5, 2020

Asking forgiveness for being silent on what is happening in India or want to speak but fearing the consequences, hence 🙏
Please clarify Ur tweet. Speak up if U hv spine.
— Indian انڈین 🇮🇳 (@IndianHumsab1) January 6, 2020

Every Indian should crowd fund to raise money for a spine implant for @SrBachchan
— Rofl Republic 🍋🌶 (@i_theindian) January 5, 2020

इतना हंगामा, इतना शोर, और आप ख़ामोश ??
किस से माफ़ी माँग रहे हैं आप ?? अंदर से घुटन तो महसूस हो ही रही होगी?? बोलिए सर, आपका कोई कुछ नहीं कर लेगा, आप अमिताभ बच्चन हैं।
— Salman Zafar (@ShayarSalman) January 6, 2020

Bolo angry old man, muh kholo, kab tak khamosh rahoge, Zameer movie mein kaam kiye magar zameer kahan hai?
— 𝕽𝖎𝖆𝖟 𝕬𝖍𝖒𝖊𝖉 (@karmariaz) January 5, 2020

Grow a spine.
— Vivek (@viv_chand) January 5, 2020

What is this angry young man? Go join to support students. Or all that drama on screen was fake as fcuk?
— Girish (@GirishNaught) January 5, 2020

I think we should start ignoring such has beens. We made them rich paying our hard earned money to hear them speak in movies.
We shouldn't expect them to be any different now. They will only speak for whoever pays them now.
— Jonathan 👨‍⚕️⚕️🚑🏥 (@just1doctorwala) January 5, 2020

Meanwhile, people gathered at Carter Road, Mumbai on Monday for a peaceful protest against the attack on students, and Bollywood celebrities such as Tapsee Pannu, Dia Mirza, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar were also a part of the protest.

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