CJP Protest: Behind Modi Govt's Two-Point Plan to Contain Students
The Modi government wants to contain the students to Jantar Mantar and the Opposition to Parliament. Political Editor Aditya Menon uncovers the government’s two-point plan to contain the ongoing protests by the Cockroach Janta Party, even as BJP sources tell The Quint that they underestimated the student mobilisation. Senior journalist Ashutosh, meanwhile, decodes why the administration may still refuse to sack Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
In other news, Deshdeep Saxena spotlights activist Amit Bhatnagar’s resilient hunger strike at the ongoing protest against the Ken-Betwa river linking project in Bundelkhand, and Manish Anand breaks down the BJP’s internal friction over the Ram Temple donation theft amid an SIT probe and pressure from the RSS. All this and more in today’s newsletter.
Cockroach Janta Party Protest
CJP Protest: Behind Modi Govt’s Two-Point Plan to Contain Students
Why the Modi Govt May Still Refuse to Sack Dharmendra Pradhan
CJP Protest: ‘Morning After Detention, Many Went Straight Back to Jantar Mantar’
Jantar Mantar Protests: Delhi Police Needs to Change its Anti-People Mindset
Long Read
NEET Protests: India’s Exam Crisis and the Politics of Waiting
Kaafi Real
Satire: No ID Tag for Delhi Police, but No ID Enough for Indian Citizens?
Perspectives
From Hospital Bed, a Hunger Strike Keeps Protest Against Ken-Betwa Project Alive
SIT Probe, RSS Heat: BJP Walks Tightrope on Ram Temple Donation Theft
Fact-Check
Did Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Express Support for the CJP? No, Image Is AI!
Unrelated Video Shared as CJP Protesters Pelting Stones at New Hydrogen Trains
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