Actor Varun Dhawan on Tuesday said he did not take a stand on the nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act because as a public figure, he wants to be responsible for his statement.

The actor said many versions about the protests are being reported and it would be wrong to express an opinion on the subject when one is in doubt. Many from the film fraternity including actors Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Farhan Akhtar, Parineeti Chopra, Richa Chadha, veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar, filmmakers Reema Kagti, Vishal Bhardwaj and Anurag Kashyap, and Hollywood actor John Cusack expressed solidarity with the Jamia Millia Islamia University students against the police action amid protests against the contentious Act.