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Dimple Yadav Says Young SP MPs Might Defy Permission
Dimple Yadav said young MPs from her party really wanted to join a protest in Delhi.
She said they might have gone even if party leaders had not given permission.
The MPs felt close to the protesters because they believed the young people were fighting for their rights.
Dimple said the protesters appeared to be acting on their own, without outside support.
She also said the treatment of Sonam Wangchuk upset many people.
Protesters told the MPs that their clothes had been torn and that they had received electric shocks.
Dimple called the protest a “Sanjivani booti,” meaning something that could help the country.
Akhilesh Yadav said the Samajwadi Party had supported the movement from the beginning.
Dimple said the protest showed that people could challenge the BJP by working together.
Dimple Yadav said young Samajwadi Party MPs might have joined the Delhi CJP protest without party permission.
She said the MPs felt connected to protesters they viewed as young people fighting for their rights and entitlements.
Yadav described the protesters as ordinary young people acting organically without provocation or outside support.
She cited protesters’ allegations that their clothes were torn and that they received electric shocks, without elaborating.
Akhilesh Yadav said the Samajwadi Party had supported the movement from its first day and ultimately backed the protesters fully.
- Who
- Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav, party chief Akhilesh Yadav, young SP MPs including Iqra Hasan and Priya Saroj, and CJP protesters.
- What
- Dimple Yadav said young SP MPs were determined to join the Delhi CJP protest and might have participated without party permission.
- Where
- The remarks were made at the Samajwadi Party headquarters in Lucknow about a protest in Delhi.
- When
- Wednesday, August 26, according to the report.
- Why
- The MPs wanted to support protesters whom they believed were fighting for their rights and entitlements.
Key facts
- Main speaker
- Dimple Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP from Mainpuri
- Party decision
- Samajwadi Party leadership eventually permitted young MPs to participate
- Protest location
- Delhi
- Protester characterization
- Dimple Yadav described the protesters as ordinary young people acting organically
- Allegations cited
- Protesters reportedly told MPs that their clothes had been torn and that they had received electric shocks
- Political message
- Dimple Yadav said the protest showed that the BJP could be defeated through collective action
- Other MPs mentioned
- Iqra Hasan and Priya Saroj were among the young SP MPs who wanted to join
Quotes
Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister
“Agar permission nahi dete to hum nahi jaante hum kya karte. Ho sakta hai hum tab hi jaate. Yuva hum sab, hum sab thaan ke baithe hue the (If we wouldn’t have got permission, we do not know what we would have done. Perhaps, we would have gone anyway. All of us young MPs were determined to go)”
thehansindia.com
“These are young people who have come here organically to put forward their point. They are not being provoked from any angle, and there is no outside support”
deccanchronicle.com
thehansindia.com
Sources
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