Naseeruddin Shah stranded at Guwahati airport for over two hours following 11-hour bandh

Naseeruddin Shah was stranded at Assam’s Guwahati airport for over two hours owing to the unavailability of public transport after an 11-hour bandh , called by several organisations on 8 January. The actor was in the state to attend the Kartik Hazarika National Theatre Festival in Tezpur in Assam’s Sonitpur district. However, he was stuck at the Guwahati airport along with a hoard of passengers, reports NDTV . [caption id=“attachment_5764871” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Naseeruddin Shah. Image from Twitter/httweets[/caption] The bandh was called by North East Students’ Union (NESO), All Assam Students’ Union and 30 other organisations as well as some political parties in protest of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The bill seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Due to the bandh, taxis, auto-rickshaws and buses were not available for the passengers to go to the airport or reach their destination after landing. The bandh began at 5 am and was called off at 4 pm which is when the stranded passengers were able to travel. Shah was recently in the news for his controversial remarks on mob violence and the alleged growing hatred in the country in the name of religion. He had also called Virat Kohli the “ worst behaved player ” in a Facebook post which drew strong criticism.