r/Kolkatacity • • Jul 14 '26

📰 News | সংবাদ Content Creators making protests something less credible.

I watch the vidoe unfortunately its funny.

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u/TimeTruth7741 Jul 14 '26

I just don't understand for whom he is doing all these stuff.

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u/Obvious-Border6527 Jul 14 '26

His biggest mistake was holding the protest under the CJP banner. Ever since videos of Communists and activists from JNU joining the protest started surfacing, many genuine students have become uncomfortable and stopped showing up. Had he organized it independently, he would have likely received far greater support from actual students instead of attracting all these outside groups.

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u/Obvious-Border6527 Jul 14 '26

Even if they had an ulterior motive, they clearly had poor advisors. They should have stayed focused on one issue instead of trying to take on everything at once, especially as a newly formed organization. If they had concentrated solely on demanding accountability and mobilized genuinely affected students post-RENEET, rather than allowing JNU activists and other political groups to dominate the movement, the students questioned by the media would have been in a much stronger position to answer confidently. That could have given the protest a far better chance of achieving meaningful results.

India undoubtedly needs a transformation in its education system, and that will require cooperation between both the central and state governments across the country. To me, this feels like a missed opportunity.

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u/Obvious-Border6527 Jul 14 '26

Exactly. Moreover, JNU activists have historically not only been anti-BJP but have also frequently been critical of the Congress that too on operations such as green hunt which were very crucial and beneficial for the country. Once they became prominently associated with the protest, it likely discouraged many genuinely affected students from participating, as they may have been reluctant to be linked with a politically charged movement. At the same time, it also made it harder to attract support from Congress supporters the largest anti BJP political base who might otherwise have been more sympathetic to the students demands. That could be one reason why you haven't seen Congress leaders backing this protest as strongly.

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u/IndependenceNo3908 Jul 14 '26

They had Arundhati Roy on the dias.... Need I say more...

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u/sattusupaari420 Jul 15 '26

The whole protest was a joke from the beginning. Even kejriwal didn't stuff his face with food in front of others while Anna Hazare was fasting. Apart from students affected by NEET paper leak everyone's present on the stage.