NEW DELHI: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday attacked the central government over the police action against climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, questioning why the police of independent India were “suppressing the voice of the youth with such brutality”.
In a post shared on X, Sisodia compared the police action with the conduct of Mughal rulers and the British during India’s freedom movement.
“We had heard that Mughal tyrants would rain lashes down on those who dared to question their power. We had heard that the British police would rain down blows with their batons on ordinary people protesting to silence the voice of the nation. But Narendra Modi’s police is the police of independent India. So why is it suppressing the voice of the youth with such brutality?” he wrote.
Sisodia had also alleged that the Centre was trying to silence those raising their voice over paper leaks.
“So, this is the solution Modi ji has given for paper leaks… Beat up with goons whoever raises their voice against paper leaks and don’t let them raise their voice at all. This isn’t politics, it’s cowardice. What a reign of thugs,” he wrote in another post on X.
