Student protests must not be hijacked by Opposition
In a healthy democracy, student activism has always been a vital force - a crucible where ideas are sharpened , injustices challenged, and futures forged.
In a healthy democracy, student activism has always been a vital force - a crucible where ideas are sharpened , injustices challenged, and futures forged.
AAP leaders Atishi and Sanjay Singh have accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of diverting attention from the month-long CJP-led student agitation. Here's what triggered the political tussle.
Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra on Monday alleged that the events unfolding in the national capital in the name of a youth movement were nothing but the outcome of negative politics by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, Communist and other Opposition parties.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday questioned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal over the denial of justice in the sacrilege cases even after four and a half years of their rule in the state.
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Municipal Councilor Vikas Tank, a young Valmiki community leader, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in the presence of the Delhi state unit chief of the party Harsh Malhotra, and Chandni Chowk MP Praveen Khandelwal.
In a dramatic turn of events, Singh was confined to a government guest house in Srinagar and prevented from holding a press conference or protest against the illegal arrest of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik.
With Punjab reeling under devastation caused by massive flooding in several parts of the state, Mann announced that farmers will receive compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre, with cheques handed directly to them.
Stating that the Delhi governance is in “crisis”, Bharadwaj, while addressing a press conference here on Monday, said that it started as a joke that Delhi has been turned into a ‘Phulera Panchayat.
This is for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir that a sitting MLA has been detained under the PSA.
AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused the Modi government of betraying Indian farmers by removing import duties on American cotton, warning that the move could crash domestic prices below Rs 900 and push farmers towards financial distress and potential suicides.
