Jammu, Jul 25: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday congratulated the youth of the country for, what he said, “their determined and democratic struggle” leading to Union Education Minister’s resignation.
“Today’s developments are a victory of truth, persistence and the collective voice of lakhs of students and young aspirants,” Karra said. JKPCC president, in a statement, also congratulated the Leader of Opposition in Parliament Rahul Gandhi, describing him as the “torchbearer of democracy in an era where democratic institutions and dissent came under increasing pressure.” Karra said Rahul Gandhi consistently stood with the youth, raised their concerns fearlessly and refused to allow their voices to be silenced. “The resignation of the Union Education Minister is self-explanatory. It is nothing but an admission that the government failed despite every attempt to suppress the voice of lakhs of young Indians demanding accountability and justice. Truth has prevailed over arrogance,” Karra said. He further remarked that this marked the second major surrender of the Narendra Modi government before the people of India.
“The first came when the government was forced to withdraw the three farm laws after the historic farmers’ movement. Today, it has once again been compelled to bow before the united voice of the nation’s youth. This is a clear reflection of the failure of a government that has repeatedly chosen confrontation over consultation,” Karra said. He asserted that no government, however powerful, could silence the democratic aspirations of the people for long, adding that India’s youth demonstrated that peaceful and determined democratic resistance remained the strongest force in a democracy. Later in the evening, the District Congress Committee also organised a “victory march and Satyagraha” from Dogra Chowk to Ambedkar Chowk to express solidarity with the students on the NEET and CBSE issues and condemn “brutal lathicharge on students” at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
