Why Is Gen Z Protesting Against SIR and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar?
There are moments when you think why should you talk about current political situation when its not my concern. I have hardly written any blogs on Political issues. My last blog on one such issue dates back to 2020 when farmers were protesting( Here is the link: https://asksoniya.blogspot.com/2020/12/farmers-aka-khalistanis-vs-govt-aka.html) in case you want to read. And then there are moments when you are just sitting in your cozy bed with a cup of warm coffee, thousands miles away from your country and your conscious tells you... What is the value of my education, career or future if I stop caring about the system that decides how my country is governed? That question seems to be sitting somewhere behind the protests we are watching in India today. Young protesters, student organisations, civil-society groups and opposition supporters have taken to the streets demanding accountability over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls, and many ...