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Something which the ruling Hindutva Fascist BJP least expected is emerging. Crowds of thousands of protestors are holding day and night vigils in the cold nights around the country. At the gates of JMI University, which had seen police attacking and severely trashing students three weeks ago, these protests are continuing despite police repression. And the crowds keep growing with parents also joining their protesting children and now the general public is also joining the protests. The government had started a viscous campaign that these protests are engineered by the Communists and other enemies of the nation. One Lawmaker had gone to the extent of asking the police to shoot down the "mad dogs protesting in the streets." By introducing the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Hindutva Fascists thought that they can deprive 180 million Muslims of their citizenship and then engineer communal riots against Muslims. But things turned out to be different. More Hindus are protesting and showing solidarity with their Muslim brothers and say that India can not be divided on communal lines. The most popular slogan is, "Hindus and Muslims, We are one. We are Indians." This is what is making Modi to shiver. And the young Communist student leader Kanhaiya Kumar is addressing many meetings and evoking very enthusiastic response with his "Azadi" (means Freedom in Urdu) song. The song is so popular all over the country and you can see thousands of middle aged Hindu and Muslim women chanting along with Kanhayya Kumar. The song briefly says: we demand Azadi (freedom) Freedom from Hindutva repression Freedom from BJP (the ruling party) Freedom from hunger Freedom from suit-boot (an allusion to the million rupee suit that Modi wears with pomp) We want freedom in a free country Freedom that Gandhi dreamed of Freedom that Bahgat Singh dreamed of (a martyr in the fight with the British rule) You bring police, but we want Azadi You fire bullets, but we want Azadi You try anything, but we will achieve our freedom... You TubeVideo: Kanhaiya in Shaheen Bagh | | | | | | | | | | | Kanhaiya in Shaheen Bagh Kanhaiya Kumar lands in Shaheen Bagh on Friday night as the women sit-in enters day 27. | | | Vijaya Kumar M _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
