Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav asserted on Wednesday that the recent CJP protest in Delhi served as a vital ‘Sanjivani booti’, or life-saving herb, for the nation, declaring that a message of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) defeatability has now spread across India.
Information was available with The Chenab Times that Yadav, speaking at a press conference at the Samajwadi Party headquarters, indicated that she and other young party MPs might have participated in the protest even without explicit permission from the party leadership. She stated, “If we wouldn’t have got permission, we do not know what we would have done. Perhaps, we would have gone anyway. All of us young MPs were determined to go.” She expressed gratitude to Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for granting permission for the young MPs to join the agitation.
Speaking alongside Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav recounted the experience of the MPs at the protest site, saying, “When we all went there, all of us MPs felt connected because it seemed that these were our own children fighting for their rights and entitlements.” The Member of Parliament for Mainpuri described the protesters as ordinary young individuals presenting their demands organically, without any indication of external provocation or support. “These are young people who have come here organically to put forward their point. They are not being provoked from any angle, and there is no outside support,” she added.
Yadav also referenced the treatment of environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk, stating that his apprehension and subsequent removal, described as being “wrapped in a white bedsheet,” had deeply affected many people’s sentiments. “We were feeling sentimental and hurt. Somewhere, we had decided that we would definitely participate in this movement,” she stated.
She explained that while opposition parties were not initially unified on joining the protest, the SP leadership eventually permitted its younger MPs to participate. “We want to thank our national president who permitted us,” she said, noting that the MPs had even prepared for the protest by wearing appropriate sports shoes.
The Samajwadi Party MP further alleged that the protesters shared accounts of their hardships. “We could feel their pain. They told us that their clothes were torn and they were given electric shocks… Somewhere, it gave us the strength to stand with them,” she remarked, without providing further details on these specific claims.
Dimple Yadav emphasized the broader significance of the protest, suggesting it had conveyed a nationwide message that collective action could challenge the ruling BJP government. “One message has gone across the country and society — that the BJP can be defeated. If we fight together, defeating the BJP is not a difficult task,” she asserted. She reiterated her description of the movement as a “Sanjivani booti” for the country, highlighting the potency of collective citizen action.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav affirmed that the party had offered support to the movement from its inception. He noted that the protest gained significant online traction, leading him to characterize the situation as “BJP versus CJP.” He stated, “While the movement was going on, we were involved in it in one way or another. If you look at the political parties, the Samajwadi Party supported the movement from the very first day.”
Akhilesh Yadav mentioned that several young SP MPs, including Dimple Yadav, Iqra Hasan, and Priya Saroj, had expressed a strong desire to participate in the agitation. He explained that the party leadership ultimately decided to provide full backing to the protesters, acknowledging the “pain, suffering and difficulties” they had endured. “If the party had not taken a decision at that time, perhaps we would have missed that movement,” he commented, underscoring the timely intervention.
He added that the party’s engagement with the movement had commenced prior to the parliamentary members’ participation and that their support was rooted in a commitment to stand with the protesters with “complete honesty.” The involvement of the Samajwadi Party underscored a strategic alignment with citizen-led dissent, positioning the party as a supporter of movements challenging governmental policies.
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