Deepika Padukone’s recent visit to JNU to express solidarity with the students, who were attacked by a mob got mixed reactions from netizens. While some praised her brave feat for being one among few Bollywood A-listers to take a political stand , some found it as a mere publicity stunt for her upcoming film Chhapaak that turned her to a producer.
Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jayati Ghosh believes that more funding in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and launching a new urban employment guarantee scheme can revive the demand.