Thursday, April 14, 2011

Why I didn't go to Jantar Mantar - Harsh Mander

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Why-I-didn-t-go-to-Jantar-Mantar/Article1-684915.aspx

Harsh Mander

 

I support the more general demand of the demonstrators that citizens must be consulted before laws and policies that affect them are framed and passed.

And yet why could I not actively join the demonstration at Jantar Mantar? First, the symbols and allies that the campaign chose disturbed me: the stage was decorated with a picture of Bharat Mata, almost identical to that propagated by the right-wing RSS.

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