“They ask us what do you want azadi from, what type of azadi do you want,” ‘Comrade’ Shehla said during a post-dusk demonstration at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). “Today we will define this azadi … this entire country wants azadi from WTO, from casteism, from discriminatory laws,” she said as the crowd burst into rounds of applause. In the 14-minute video of a speech to a crowd of protesting students, Shehla ardently took up for students, saying that they were being “punished for standing up for their rights”. ‘Comrade’ Shehla,…
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