‘I am a student first before I am a professional’: Ishaan Khatter speaks out in solidarity with CJP protests

As many as 50,000 protestors took to streets in the national capital on Monday to demand the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, according to HT reporters on ground. The protests continued to take shape in the consecutive days, with many marching on the streets of Mumbai as well. Ishaan Khatter has weighed in on the ongoing student protests in India.

Several actors from Bollywood have since spoken up in support of the students. Two days after the Delhi Police lathi-charged against protestors during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) Chalo Sansad march, actor Ishaan Khatter has now issued a statement on the protests and said that he is a ‘student first’ and then a professional.

What Ishaan said Ishaan shared several images taken during the ongoing protests in Delhi and Mumbai in her new post. The first image was of Rhiya Ahir, a 27-year-old model, who became one of the defining faces of the protest at Shivaji Park on Wednesday. She stood blocking a police van that was carrying protesters who were detained during demonstrations demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. Another picture showed a woman shielding other protestors from getting lathi-charged by the Delhi Police.

Ishaan wrote in the caption, "In solidarity. No monologues. May our voices be heard and may nobody have to be harmed anymore for it. I am a student first before I am a professional.