Government Must Go For Dialogue, Not Force
- CPI National
- 19 hours ago
- 1 min read
The removal of Sonam Wangchuk from the site of his peaceful hunger strike raises several serious questions. Instead of engaging in dialogue with the agitating students and responding to their legitimate demands, the Government has once again chosen the path of force and coercion.
The Delhi Police cannot hide behind the Delhi High Court's order. The Court directed that Sonam Wangchuk's health be monitored; it did not direct that he be forcibly removed from the protest site against his wishes. These developments raise serious concerns about the Government's intentions. The sudden change of the Delhi Police Commissioner, followed by this crackdown on a peaceful movement, has only strengthened apprehensions that the objective is to suppress the growing students' movement and derail the proposed march to Parliament on 20 July. Such highhandedness against peaceful democratic protests has no place in a constitutional democracy.
The Government must immediately abandon its policy of repression, ensure the democratic rights and safety of all peaceful protesters, and engage in meaningful dialogue with the student movement. No amount of force can erase the Government's accountability for repeated examination failures. The demand for justice cannot be lathi-charged into silence. The Communist Party of India reiterates its demand that Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must resign, accepting moral and political responsibility for the unprecedented collapse of the country's examination system.
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