After the government tried to persuade the citizens to support CAA by using bizarre gimmicks, looks like it’s time to bring in the Bollywood celebs to rally more support on their side.
According to Huffpost, the Modi government has invited Bollywood’s top celebs and filmmakers for a meeting with Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Railway and Commerce.
The invitations were reportedly sent via mobile to renowned celebs like Karan Johar, Farhan Akhtar, Kabir Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani, besides several others.
A source, on condition of anonymity, told Huffpost:
They are trying to get as many big names as possible.
Interestingly, the invite comes as another attempt to rally some support in favour of the citizenship act, which has otherwise been criticized in the entire country.
The invite that talked about a healthy discussion followed by a scrumptious dinner said:
The idea behind the meeting is quite inclusive in approach and we request a participation of all the rational thoughts and different points of views pertaining to the Citizenship Amendment Act. We strongly believe in a healthy discussion around all the possible dimensions of the issue. Your inputs will enlighten the discussion. It will be followed by a scrumptious dinner. Please come over. See you.
Netizens on Twitter couldn’t understand what prompted the government to invite stars yet ignore the protesting students.
While many celebs are expected to attend the meeting, it is not clear why certain names were left out.