Protests,Politics and the Power of Civil Society
My opinion on events of last week: The NEET Paper leak was genuine, the concern, the sufferings, the way kids are checked like criminals before entering exam halls, all genuine and needed a voice. GenZs stepped in when needed even if with whatever vested interest they had, to make reels or to show dissent to the current govt or whatever. Largely this protest did act as a timely voice for positive criticism led governance. That govts cannot do just anything. Matter got serious when it spread across cities and decade old urban naxals started showing up. The protest was heavily taken over by the anti-India leftist forces, as will always be. It is on the leaders of these protests to hold their ground. Even it CJP was a genuine movement at first, it cannot remain so. It cannot escape the funding, the meddling, the web of foreign players trying to burn India since years. The only option any new future leader has, to keep a movement about its goals is to take shelter ...
