If at 27 and 31, Saurav and Ashu are not young enough to lead Gen Z,
then 75-year-old politicians shouldn’t be lecturing Gen Z in selfie videos, either!
Jai Hind
The judicial custody of #AshutoshRanka and #SauravDas must be urgently reviewed and they must be released immediately.
Hoisting the National Flag, even in a prohibited area, should not warrant such prolonged detention. The judiciary and the executive must rise to the occasion to ensure that the youth of this country do not lose faith in the rule of law and constitutional rights.
A few years ago, Ashu had a high-paying corporate job in London, earning millions. Saurav was writing about the country’s legal system and living a great life. Both had successful careers, financial security and every reason to continue living the lives they had built for themselves.
But they chose to give it all up in the hope of making this country a better place. They had absolutely no reason to leave behind their comfortable lives, take to the streets, face uncertainty and eventually end up in jail. Yet they did.
What I admire most about these two is that despite coming from privileged backgrounds, they chose to fight for those who aren’t as fortunate. They could have easily looked the other way, enjoyed their lives and never bothered about the struggles of people they had never even met. Nobody asked them to make these sacrifices. Nobody expected them to. But they did, because they genuinely care about people beyond themselves.
And to me, that is the greatest quality a human being can have. To stand up for people you don’t know, to fight battles that aren’t your own, and to risk everything you have so that someone else might have a better life.
That’s the kind of people Ashu and Saurav are.
Naa ladkiyaa safe hain, naa celebrities safe hain iss desh mein. Ab kuch cute log aayenge aur bolenge… haan to chala jaa Pakistaan ya doosre desh. Will have to ignore them just like the govt ignores us.
पंजाब में अदानी पोर्ट के रास्ते नशा फैलाने वाले आप लोग!
पंजाब में गंगैस्टर फैलाने वाले को साबरमती जेल में संरक्षण देने वाले आप लोग
2007-2017 में चिट्टा पार्टी के साथ मिल कर पंजाब में नशा फैलने वाले आप लोग
और अब उसी पार्टी के साथ मिलकर पंजाब में नशा बेचकर फिर से अरबों रुपए कमाने के सपने देख रहे हो?
आज सबसे ज़्यादा नशा उन राज्यों में है जहाँ कई कई सालों से आपकी सरकारें हैं।उन राज्यों में नशा बेचकर पेट नहीं भरा? अब फिर से अपनी चिट्टा पार्टी के साथ मिलके पंजाब को बर्बाद करने आ गए?
जनता जानती है कि आपकी गंदी नज़र पंजाब के पानियों पर है, पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी पर है, चंडीगढ़ पर है। आप फिर से तीनों काले क़ानून लाना चाहते हो?
पंजाब ये कभी नहीं होने देगा।
Businesses do not suffer because of peaceful protests. They suffer when the govt decides to shut down an entire city, suspend internet services and restrict the movement of its own citizens and turn the city into a war-zone.
Since its inception, the Cockroach Janta Party has maintained that we will always follow Gandhi’s path of peace and non-violence, and we have stood by that commitment. We have organised protests in Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Nagpur, and every single one of them has been peaceful. I was personally assaulted in Jaipur, but even then, I chose not to retaliate because responding to violence with violence goes against everything we believe in. We would rather exercise the rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution, drafted under the leadership of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, than resort to physical force. Our strength comes from our commitment to constitutional values, and no amount of provocation will make us abandon them.
Despite this, there are constant attempts to portray us as anarchists simply because we refuse to remain silent. But demanding answers from the govt is not anarchy, protesting against injustice on the streets is not anarchy, and questioning those who hold public office is certainly not anarchy. These are the most fundamental expressions of democracy. The very party that is in power today spent decades organising protests, taking to the streets and questioning the governments of the day when it was in opposition. Had the same restrictions, intimidation and police crackdowns been used against them, many of those who occupy positions of power today might never have reached where they are. It is deeply hypocritical to celebrate protests as a democratic right when you are in opposition and treat the same act as a threat to public order when you come to power.
We are not asking for privileges or special treatment. We are simply asking to exercise the rights that belong to every citizen of this Republic, irrespective of which party is in power. So let us fulfil our duty as citizens of this country by questioning those we elect, demanding accountability and speaking up whenever we witness injustice.
A govt that has been elected by the people is bound to listen to the people, not silence them. Democracy does not end once the votes have been counted.