Indian youth 'not scared anymore': Modi and BJP party's 'architecture of fear has met its match'

India's student movement represents a generational turning point, according to Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Anish Gawande. Speaking on Thursday, Gawande argued that young protesters are challenging what he characterizes as a decade-long 'architecture of fear' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. The movement, Gawande contends, is fundamentally about demanding accountability and political transparency — not education reform alone. He frames the uprising as evidence of a widening generational divide: between a political establishment accustomed to unchallenged dominance, and a generation unwilling to accept state opacity or intimidation.

Listen to this story

Hear this and more stories in a personalized audio briefing.

Open The Chonkerton