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.
Vijender Gupta, the new Speaker of the Delhi assembly, is famously known for having being marshalled out of the Assembly when Arvind Kejriwal's AAP govt was in power.
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Tuesday refuted the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) allegation that there is a ban on issuing Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) certificates in the national capital.
Addressing a press conference, AAP Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “The BJP is anti-poor. The decision to stop the issuance of EWS certificates in Delhi is a deliberate attempt to deny the underprivileged access to the 10 per cent reservation in private schools and hospitals.”
In a scathing attack on the BJP, AAP’s Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that the saffron party has resorted to 'parchi tantra' by sidelining senior leaders to install the chief minister using parchi (written note).
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Friday alleged that AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Atishi, have been using social media to spread confusion and dissatisfaction and when in power, they used the medium to make false claims of success.
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