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ABVP Leader Says India’s Gen Z Wants To Be Lions
Shravan B Raj is a leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, or ABVP.
He spoke at an ABVP student event on Friday.
Raj said young people in Generation Z want to be strong like lions.
He contrasted this with being like cockroaches.
His words appeared to refer indirectly to protests by the Cockroach Janta Party.
Raj said student power should be seen as the nation’s power, not as a problem.
He claimed Gen Z makes up about 24% of the world’s population.
He also said India has 374 million Gen Z youths.
According to Raj, this generation will help drive India by 2047.
ABVP national secretary Shravan B Raj said Indian Gen Z wants to be “lions,” not “cockroaches.”
Raj made the remarks at ABVP’s Chhatra Udghosh event on Friday.
His comments appeared to indirectly reference protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar.
Raj said ABVP had helped change the view that student power was a nuisance.
He claimed Gen Z represents about 24% of the global population and includes 374 million youths in India.
- Who
- Shravan B Raj, national secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, made the remarks.
- What
- Raj described India’s Gen Z as wanting to be “lions” rather than “cockroaches” and praised student power.
- Where
- At the ABVP’s Chhatra Udghosh event; the event’s exact venue is not stated. Raj referred to protests at Jantar Mantar.
- When
- Friday; the article does not provide an exact date.
- Why
- Raj was discussing the role and importance of student power and Gen Z’s future influence in India.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Shravan B Raj, ABVP national secretary
- Organization
- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), described as the RSS’s student body
- Event
- Chhatra Udghosh, or “Voice of Students”
- Gen Z global share
- Raj claimed Gen Z constitutes around 24% of the global population
- India’s Gen Z population
- Raj claimed India has 374 million Gen Z youths
- Projected role
- Raj said Gen Z would be India’s driving force by 2047
- Referenced protests
- Protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar
Quotes
Shravan B Raj
National secretary of the RSS’s student body and ABVP leader
“In the past, political parties viewed student power as a nuisance. ABVP changed that perspective. Student power is not a nuisance; it is the nation’s power”
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“GEN Z in India does not want to be cockroaches; they want to be lions.”
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Sources
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