NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali Angmo on Thursday said it was “extremely painful” to see students being portrayed negatively and questioned why “it is easier to question their intentions than to listen to their concerns”, amid allegations of violence during the Sarsour Janta Party’s Sansad Chalo rally.
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“As a teacher, I find it extremely painful to watch the image of our students being distorted in the media,” she said in a post on X.
“The students’ protest is being conducted peacefully at Jantar Mantar. If there are reports of violence elsewhere in Delhi, please do not rush to attribute them to this movement without evidence,” she said.
Angmo praised the demonstrators for their “extraordinary patience, discipline and self-restraint,” and stressed the need to listen to their concerns.
“I often wonder: What kind of system is so quick to distrust its students? Why is it easier to question their intentions than to listen to their concerns?” Angmo said.
“Our children deserve to be protected, not portrayed as villains,” she said. “Their voices deserve to be heard, not drowned out by narratives that serve special interests.”
Her remarks came after the Sansad Chalo rally on July 20 during which Delhi Police prevented thousands of protesters from marching towards Parliament using tear gas and batons.
In the wake of the crackdown, AKP leaders alleged that attempts were made to portray the student movement as violent and link it to incidents elsewhere in the national capital. The police rejected these charges.
The CJP-led protests began on June 20, demanding accountability for alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, reforms in the education system and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Wangchuk, who joined the agitation on June 28 and has been on an indefinite hunger strike since then, is currently admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. He offered to end his fast if the Center confirmed that no punitive action would be taken against the peaceful protesters who participated in the movement.
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