Ex-MP and Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary speaks to Puneet Nicholas Yadav on what the farmers’ protests mean, politically and socially. Excerpts…
On Modi’s andolan-jivi jibe
Just look up the word andolan in the dictionary—it is a collective agitation by common citizens against oppression by the State. When a Prime Minister speaks in Parliament and brands people as andolan-jivi, par-jivi, anti-national…it shows the repressive character of the regime. It is a statement of intent for crushing any form of dissent. The government must realise that these won’t work against a disciplined and peaceful agitation that is based on common interests of millions of people across the country. By mocking protesters the PM is only pouring fat into fire.
ALSO READ: Rustics Reject Serfdom
On Jat-Muslim...
