Alia Bhatt's Mother Soni Razdan Shares Indian And Pakistani Activists' Petition To Stop War
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The petition already has more than four thousand verified signatures from both India and Pakistan.
Alia Bhatt's mother, Soni Razdan, is championing peace 'above all' amid the ongoing military tensions between India and Pakistan. The veteran actress took to her Instagram late last night and shared a petition titled, 'India, Pakistan: Stop the hostilities'. Meanwhile, her children, Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt, are yet to share the petition on their social media platforms.
Soni Razdan shared the petition on her Instagram with the caption, 'Above all – PEACE ☮️ ✌️ Sign the petition. Link in bio." It is available for signatures on Change.org. The petition already has more than four thousand verified signatures from both India and Pakistan.
The petition was started by activists from both countries who state on the website, 'We, peace activists from India, Pakistan and elsewhere, categorically condemn every form of violent extremism and terrorism. We particularly condemn the targeting of unarmed civilians, for any reason, including as a means to achieve political ends."
'India and Pakistan must behave responsibly. Any war between these two nuclear-armed nations would be disastrous. As history shows, it is ordinary citizens who suffer the most in conflict, especially women, children, minorities, the elderly, and other vulnerable communities forced to prove their patriotism. We therefore urge the people of India and Pakistan to hold their governments accountable and resist any speech or action that feeds war hysteria," they also mentioned. The initial 117 signatories include prominent journalists, academicians and researchers from both India and Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt has lent her voice to the growing wave of support for the Indian Armed Forces following Operation Sindoor, a 'measured" and 'non-escalatory" retaliatory strike carried out by India in response to the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. 'I salute our armed forces today and every day. Jai Hind," she wrote on Instagram.
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