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NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari connected Tuesday cited caller youth-led protests crossed South Asia to reason that today’s procreation volition nary longer judge entitlement. The BJP, seizing connected his remarks, claimed they were a veiled swipe astatine Rahul Gandhi — the “ultimate nepo kid” — and described Tewari’s remark arsenic a “revolt from within” the Congress.“The toppling of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa successful Sri Lanka successful July 2023, Sheikh Hasina successful Bangladesh successful July 2024, KP Sharma Oli successful Nepal successful September 2025, and present the protests against Ferdinand Marcos Jr successful the Philippines person 1 connection written implicit them: ENTITLEMENT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO Gen X, Y, Z,” Tewari wrote connected X, portion promoting his upcoming portion titled ‘The Social Media Trends that toppled oregon are challenging Dynasts.
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Latching onto Tewari’s remarks, BJP IT compartment main Amit Malviya said it was not conscionable Gen Z but besides elder Congress leaders who were weary of Rahul Gandhi’s “regressive politics.” He pointed retired that Tewari is portion of the radical of 23 Congress veterans who had earlier demanded interior reforms successful the party, wide known arsenic the "G23."Hitting back, the Chandigarh MP urged the ruling enactment to “grow up.”“Everything does not person to beryllium dumbed down to a Cong–BJP he-said-she-said oregon targeting X oregon Y.
What is happening successful South Asia and East Asia has superior nationalist information implications, and wherefore it is happening needs to beryllium understood successful the close perspective,” Tewari said.
Last week, Rahul Gandhi had appealed to “Gen Z” successful a societal media post, urging them to basal up for India’s Constitution. His remarks followed a property league — his 2nd — alleging “vote chori” (vote theft) by the Election Commission.In Nepal, meanwhile, the caller demonstrations were wide branded arsenic “Gen Z protests” since these were spearheaded by schoolhouse and assemblage students opposing a now-revoked societal media ban. The agitation soon broadened into a wider question against corruption, unemployment, and the “Nepo kids” — foreign-based children of Nepali politicians.In Bangladesh, too, protests that began implicit a authorities occupation quota rapidly turned anti-establishment aft a harsh crackdown. Both Bangladesh and Nepal are presently nether caretaker administrations.
