Ban on protests in Osmania University decried as attack on democracy
Hyderabad, India: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K Taraka Rama Rao has strongly condemned the Telangana Congress government’s decision to ban protests at Osmania University, calling it a direct attack on democracy.
According to Kashmir Media Service, K Taraka Rama Rao, while reacting to an Osmania University circular prohibiting agitations and dharnas, questioned whether this was the “spirit of democracy” that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress had repeatedly spoken about while advocating for the right to protest. “If Congress truly believed in democracy, why is it resorting to authoritarian measures to silence student voices?”
Slamming Congress’ double standards, the BRS leader reminded the public that the party, during its election campaign, had promised the right to protest as part of its ‘Seventh Guarantee’. However, in just over a year, the same Congress government had betrayed that promise by imposing restrictions on student protests.
He also pointed out the repeated instances of the BJP-led government and state governments cracking down on student movements in universities across the country. He accused the Congress of following the same dictatorial approach in Telangana, proving that it was no different from the BJP when it came to suppressing dissent.
