In light of the recent violence during the Bharat Bandh organized to protest the Supreme Court’s modification of immediate arrest provision in the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, it is important to look back at all the recent agitations which quickly devolved into violence.

Jat agitation in Haryana, farmer’s protest in Madhya Pradesh, Patidar agitation in Gujrat, Maratha silent protests (albeit totally non-violent) in Maharashtra – is there a common thread behind all these seemingly disconnected events? We discuss with Sri Mayank Jain, a well-known TV journalist and socio-political commentator in this episode of ‘HinduPost Charcha’ –

The discussion was conducted in Hindi, we will try to come out with an English transcript of key points soon.

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