Both Shaheen Bagh and farmers’ protests clearly point out how a miniscule minority backed by vested interests can be made powerful enough to have their way in thwarting the decisions taken by elected governments, that are otherwise supported by a vast but silent majority.
Whenever the Union Government attempts to implement reformatory laws in the country, an anti-establishment lobby gets activated and create ruckus in the entire country.
Farmers protests -25 victims and still counting: They are made to believe that they are sacrificing themselves for a cause and brainwashed to go to the extremity of sacrificing lives or taking lives.
The court’s verdict strengthens that right to protest is constitutional right but it can be restricted if it harms the rights of other people as it happened in Shaheen Bagh case as the protestors blocked a stretch of the road for several months which caused a lot of problem to commuters
If Muslims in India in particular and South East Asia in general continue to practice “heads I win, tails you lose”, soul of India will be determined by right wing Indian Hindus in coming days!
Finding Bilkis Dadi in 100 influential people for 2020, I started my research on her and was astonished to see except for a convenient interview with Rana Ayyub, she literally has no idea what she is fighting for.
People in a democracy have a right to protest but is it right to spread false propaganda to incite violence and sway the people against the popularly elected government in a country like India which is the world’s largest democracy?