New Delhi : Former Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi Thursday urged students to reject the term “Gen Z” and identify themselves as “Amrit Peedhi”. Taking an apparent swipe at recent protests, she claimed “those 500 people” would not change the country and questioned the use of dharnas to create a spectacle while the world was watching.
Around 700 students who qualified this year were felicitated at the programme.
NIRC chairman Manish Kandpal said the aim was to channelise youth energy towards building a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by making young people skilled and employable. the remarks came amid recent protests by various bodies, including Cockroach Janta Party, and also by the opposition with Congress at the forefront While she did not name any organisation. The event was virtually joined by Union minister Raj Bhushan Chaudhary as the chief guest, while Lekhi was present as the guest of honour.
Assembling 500 people on the road, holding a dharna, going to Rashtrapati Bhavan when the world is watching us, or reaching Supreme Court — that is not the way. ”
During an interaction, when a student identified politicians as one of the things they wanted to change, Lekhi said politicians were elected by people. “In a democracy, people have the right to vote and the right to bring about change, but it has to be democratic…