Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that truth is being suppressed and that it was his responsibility to ensure this did not happen, as he launched the ‘Satyagraha’ digital platform to consolidate issue-based protests unfolding across the country.
He urged people to register their protests against the government on the ‘Satyagraha’ platform, which he launched a day after the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, to ensure help for people wherever truth was being crushed. “Across the country, people are fighting for their rights and too often, fighting alone. Gen Z, students, farmers, Adivasis, Dalits, women — every struggle has its own story. But a lone voice is often easier to silence. But an even greater weapon is standing together with the truth. If you too are fighting against any injustice, share your story. It will take just two minutes.”
“Satyagraha is an initiative to bring these voices together on one map,” he said in a post on X. Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress MP said, “Bapu taught us that truth is our greatest weapon.
Take a look at the Satyagraha website. Fill out the form. Enrol your movement on the website, and we will try to see how we can support you. We’ll be in touch.
Noting that protests on land, women’s rights, Dalit rights, OBC rights, education, and exams are taking place across the country, he said, “We want to help organise these protests, put them together on one map, and work together with you to see if we can help you resolve what you’re fighting for. “Yesterday, we all witnessed how, on Gandhi Jayanti, the Home Minister’s police displayed barbarity against people peacefully protesting on the path shown by Bapu,” he said. “This government, formed illegally through stolen votes, continued to detain citizens, students and Congress workers, preventing them from holding peaceful protests, even though it is our constitutional right.”
“And I will do whatever I can in Parliament, on the streets, through letters, wherever I am needed — to stand with you. As the leader of the opposition, that is my responsibility.
Gandhi said their protest will find a place on the Satyagraha map, adding, “You will see who else, like you, is fighting their own battle. Tell me the story of your Satyagraha…,” he said.
