Ranjini Haridas was among the first to respond,saying she'd gotten flooded with messages over her silence. She didn't dodge it either. "Selective solidarity doesn't make us any different from injustice,"she said, adding that the NEET paper leak matters just as much as the administrative lapses inside the PSC system. That's a fair point, actually, even if it took public pressure to get there.Several actors have since shared videos from the protest site itself,and some have gone further, highlighting the exact demands of the rank holders camped outside the Secretariat.
The protest has spread beyond just one location,with gatherings reported in Kochi and at Manaveeyam Veedhi drawing crowds alongside the actors' support. It follows closely on the heels of the Malayalam film industry's very public backing of student protests over NEET irregularities just days earlier, when names like Mammootty,Vismaya Mohanlal and Joju George spoke out. PSC rank holders have been pushing back against delays and irregularities in appointments for a while now, and this fresh burst of celebrity attention has given the movement a wider audience overnight.
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